Orchid
Sketched in pen and Prismacolor colored pencil on Strathmore 400 Drawing Paper in my hand bound sketchbook.Yesterday one of my students brought me a BEAUTIFUL orchid!!! We had fun painting it in class, and last night I did this contour drawing. You can see the patch on the right side of the drawing where I glued a piece of drawing paper over a botched try at that blossom. I've had people ask if it's okay (ethical) to patch, cut out, rip out, whatever, something you don't like in your sketchbook. Yeah, of course. Unlike life, you don't have to live with your mistakes in your art world.
I have been terribly unmotivated lately. I have tried to turn this unproductive time into something positive, so I have been going through old sketchbooks, scraps of painting demos, and lesson plans written on pieces of paper here and there. Organizing and sorting gets me geared up for the next round of painting and upcoming classes and workshops.
Life is not maintenance free, and sometimes I have to look back at what I have done in order to figure out what I need to do - or want to do. But what I want to do today is sketch that orchid some more.