Goodness what a month this June has been.
Everything that could go wrong has, plus a hundred.
I have been so sick, lethargic, barley dragging myself out of bed, only because I needed to take care of the dogs. Last week was especially depressing.
Sick and battling the government...
But...
On February 5th 2012, Weaver Of Grass, who writes a fabulous blog about her life in Yorkshire had a post about winter and a fox.
A testament to her writing, the post and her poem has stayed with me.
As I read her poem I could see the fox and started drawing the hedgerow and the fox on a piece of scrap paper. I was at my computer and only had a pencil and a yellow ocher color pencil laying there so used what I had.
Sunday I sat at my worktable and decided to work on the drawing.
Anything to perk me up, I wanted to do something fun.
But...
I have come to the conclusion I need better paper at reach by my computer and learn not to take photos at night !
the four month old quick sketch
Everything that could go wrong has, plus a hundred.
I have been so sick, lethargic, barley dragging myself out of bed, only because I needed to take care of the dogs. Last week was especially depressing.
Sick and battling the government...
But...
On February 5th 2012, Weaver Of Grass, who writes a fabulous blog about her life in Yorkshire had a post about winter and a fox.
A testament to her writing, the post and her poem has stayed with me.
As I read her poem I could see the fox and started drawing the hedgerow and the fox on a piece of scrap paper. I was at my computer and only had a pencil and a yellow ocher color pencil laying there so used what I had.
Sunday I sat at my worktable and decided to work on the drawing.
Anything to perk me up, I wanted to do something fun.
But...
I have come to the conclusion I need better paper at reach by my computer and learn not to take photos at night !
the four month old quick sketch
a wash of color
laying down the basic color
refining the colors
adding the dark shadows
a rather cheeky fox appears
a little clean up
and now I am done.
Thanks Pat I so look forward to reading your blog everyday.
Your poem inspired me.
sick . . . parsnip
music. . . Magical Beast Farm, Basiscape
so cute! I loved seeing your progress!
ReplyDeleteIt was fun but I had to keep remembering to take photos.
DeleteThe first photo is so blurry I picked the wrong photo.
Oh G, so sorry to hear you are under the weather. I was the same, still kind of am with the tired anyway. I had my regular yearly thyroid blood work scheduled and mentioned to my doc that my bones are tired, that's it's a struggle to keep my eyes open. Turns out I've still got that darn Vitamin D deficiency and I'm pretty anemic, both things together have made me sleep sleep sleepy. Heat doesn't help. Hope you are getting yourself checked out.
ReplyDeleteNow the fox. I LOVE LOVE IT!!! Haven't been over to visit Weaver of Grass in ages, must remedy that. It must be delightful that you can sketch what's in your mind. I have ZERO talent in that department. I can barely draw stick figures and forget about a straight line! You should have an Etsy shop of your own - Angry Parnsip Art :)
I will be dropping you a note soon... but I was waiting till your trip to 30 states in 3 days was finished.
DeleteI hope your feeling better soon.
I liked Mr. Fox too, in my mind he is a cheeky little fellow who is very smart and knows where he is going.
Wonderful! I'd have been happy with the first sketch but I love, love the end result, and seeing the drawing progress is such a treat.
ReplyDeleteVery sad to hear you've been ill, are you feeling better now, I do hope so. X
Oh thanks, it was really fun and it came out pretty close to what I saw in my mind.
DeleteBut I just haven't the energy to even pick up a brush to paint.
I just sorta sit and vegetate in a kinds of lala land. Neither here nor there. It is so strange not doing 50 things in a day like I use to. I don't even read books any more I can't seen to concentrate and I used to read at lest 3 books at a time.
How marvellous to be inspired by a blogging friend when you are feeling so low. So sorry dear - and I hope the clouds have lifted now. It's rotten to feel under the weather and I do admire you for not jusdt coping but being productive. Atta girl!
ReplyDeleteI am trying but the years have caught up with me.
DeleteI hope to read your book soon. I have so many talented writer blog friends. I am in awe of you, Weaver, Eryl and Titus talent.
The sketch is lovely. I hope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteThank You, I just really wanted to do something enjoyable for me.
DeleteI hope to feel better soon but the outlook is not really great.
So sorry you're not feeling well, parsnip. Hope you're better soon. I love the artwork---lots.
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DeleteThank You for the comment... as you know doing art is very soothing.
I have missed your blog but I do stop by and see what is going on.
Hi, sorry to hear you've been under the weather. The fox image looks great, and how neat to see the steps you took to create it!
ReplyDeleteThis "episode" as they call it has been dragging on and it is exhausting.... bummer !
DeleteGlad you like the steps but on my camera and the computer the photos look great but when I post them Picasa somehow dulls them. Double bummer !
What a beautiful picture. And how nice that another blogger has inspired you to feel better. I really hope you're back to full health now. Battling government sounds like just the worst, and good luck with that too.
ReplyDeleteYes, dealing with 4th quarter taxes and illness is not fun.
DeleteI liked how the drawing came out.
By the way the link to her blog doesn't work here, at least it doesn't for me.
ReplyDeleteI fixed the link with a new post today.
DeleteBeautiful, Gayle! I was starting to worry when I didn't see any posts from you for a few days....
ReplyDeleteThank You.
DeleteI am/was so exhausted I just didn't want to do anything. Even just doing the update and comments is tiring.
But I love reading all the blogs I follow so I want to keep posting and commenting.
Hope you feel better soon Gayle. It reminds me of the fox in my favorite book. The tamed fox in The Little Prince. Beautiful art!
ReplyDeleteI know how it feels to be feeling down and out of it like that. It can be really challenging to face the day sometimes.
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