Everyone has that special something that makes them happy. For some people it is music, some it is going for a long run early in the morning...me? My happy place is when I have blank paper in front of me and a drawing instrument in my hand.
When I was young everything revolved around art. Drawing and painting were my favourite pass times and I can still remember the excitement I felt when I received my first tin of Derwent artist pencils when I was eight (and I still have them 23 years later!). Throughout school I excelled in my art classes, consistently coming first and I then moved onto being accepted into the Sydney College of Arts, (SCA) one of only 100 accepted out of 800 applicants. Not bad hey?
I did not complete my fine arts degree, the lure of full time work and money was too strong to resist for the sake of a degree I couldn't easily find work with. For the 2 years I was there however, I loved it. Day after day of art! Walking the beautiful grounds at Rozelle, a campus that was formerly a psychiatric institution, taking in the old sandstone buildings, sitting under large aged trees... The focus of my days were to find inspiration for works and to journal them. When I wasn't creating art I was in the workshop using the power saws and nail guns to build my own canvases. I look back on my time there fondly, it was such a creative time in my life.
So what happened? In a word, life. Full time work and eventually motherhood restricted any free time that I had. I couldn't spend hours drawing or painting, or when I could I simply felt too tired to do so.
In these past 10 years since I left SCA I have often tried to rejuvenate my passion but it has not lasted long.
Well enough is enough! In this blog I will attempt to do a drawing a day for this whole year. (May be difficult whilst on my cruise but I will see what I can do 😉)
My first drawing for 2015 is in a style I have just discovered (and have quickly fallen in love with) called zentangles. I cannot get enough of the intricate, mesmerising designs!
So here is my zentangle frog (as requested by the beautiful love of my life).
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