This winter has been challenging for me.  We have had an usually cold and snowy winter which has kept me in most of the time.  I am an extrovert and need a lot of people around to keep me energized.  I have gradually  felt my energy draining and now I am at a low point, and really looking forward to spring.  I find it hard to do what I want to do each day.  I feel like I’m walking through molasses.

I have kept up with  drawing something each day.  Below are a few more things I’ve drawn and scanned.  Lately I’ve been doing some drawing lessons I found at Toad Hollow Studio. She has some good basic drawing tutorials.  I’ve enjoyed the ones that teach how to use the pencil to shade and to get smooth or textured lines.  I am doing a bit more advanced lessons now and they are challenging and I find myself feeling frustrated.  That is why I can’t draw!  When it gets tough, I want to quit.  The most challenging thing for me is getting the parts of the whole where they are supposed to be.  I’m trying to learn to sketch it in first but I get things all out of whack and want to throw it down.  Patience is not my virtue