Tree A Day #3

mmm because I missed autumn in nyc.

Progress Report #3

I started the second baby :) Haha worked on this while watching Indian Jones & the Last Crusade with my cousin. Love that movie. 45 mins of distracted work.

Completely Complete

This post got me thinking about relationships and how much I learned from the last one:

No matter how hard you try & give, it'll never be enough if you feel incomplete & wounded. I remember realizing that a few years ago... that you could be with the greatest person ever, but you will never trust their love because you don't trust your own. So how can you reciprocate? How can you give? How can you expect to give yourself without losing yourself in the process? It just delays the unavoidable which is relearning how to love so that it's done unconditionally. And it's such a painful process... to cut your roots and dare them to grow elsewhere. But it's what's necessary & best for you. And if you can't fight for your own growth & betterment, then what's the point of existing? You could give & give to the world, but if you never learned to give to yourself, love yourself, your services may be pained, the joy from it temporary, and you risk your gifts being tainted with resentment. Relationships are about giving yourself to someone, but also about being whole before you even begin. And if you started one as a wounded soul, then the most you can do is hope the person you love loves you enough to let you g(r)o(w).

Progress Report #2!

One hour of work! :)

Progress Reports

Pre-inking! Enjoy the watercolor washes while you still can! The second one is for the elephant nature park, btw :) Both are based on sketches I did while in Vietnam. It feels great to finally put them down on giant pieces of watercolor paper.

Tree a Day #2

Tree A Day #1

Just to keep my mad skillz up, I'm going to draw a tree a day.

It's like my meditation. I sort of lose myself to the process of drawing curves & shading. My mind goes blank. My hands & heart are directly connected. Up close the drawing looks like a big jumbled mess, but when I step away, somehow it all makes sense. It's lovely. You should try it!