These past few months have been full of adventure. My husband and I were technically already married in July for insurance reasons (love living in the US), but we had our big ceremony in November. On the way back from our honeymoon we hit some road debris that completely wiped out a couple of wheels on my husband’s truck. Because insurance has been awful, we’ve been without a vehicle in suburban Texas for over two months. I’ve also had a bit of family drama that surfaced during the holidays, and then I had my wisdom teeth removed and it’s been having a rough recovery. All in all, I need a break.
I have so many plans I want to work on. I’m still planning on having a Valentine’s drop, aiming for February 1st, and I’m working on my next historical animal piece, but I can tell I’ve been swimming against the current trying to get things finished. So, I’m stepping back, just a little. I’ve never been much of a doodler, I’ve always felt like I need to be working on something complete and purposeful, but yesterday I decided to just sit down and draw some flowers.
And it was fun. It only took me an hour or so, and then a friend recommended I turn it into a wallpaper, which took another hour. Now all I want to do is draw plants. The weather here is dreadful in all the best ways, so this morning I sat down and started sketching some bleeding heart orchids. These might get used in something in the future, but for now I’m just taking a deep breath and enjoying art for art’s sake and nothing more.
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