Week 10 Blahs!

This has been a frustrating week, what with technicians breaking off a connector while rewiring to complete the installation. Still not complete in that now the new TV has to be taken in for repair. Many hours wasted with this. That, plus a lot of heat and humidity and short tempers all around, its not been too pretty.

I've also been trying a couple of new techniques with less than stellar results. Its hard to be patient with myself so that I can learn to master a new medium and/or technique. So I will have to try again. One of my personal lessons. Its always been easier to go off in another direction, rather than dig in to master something that does not come easy. At least anything for myself has always been like that. If I was tackling a client project, I would just dig in until I got it done to everyone's satisfaction. Oh well, it isn't a "journey" without introspection, hurdles, and small victories.

I did manage to do another couple of drawings in pastel sitting outside this week with mom. Pastel is such a messy medium, so outside seems to be the ideal place to work.

The perspective is not quite right, but I do like the intensity of the cheetah's stare.

For some reason, I am drawn (pun intended) to wildlife drawing lately! That and abstract. This last one that I will post is an acrylic with drops of isopropal alcohol to disperse the paint. Less dispersal that I expected, so I went back in to enhance patterns.