This summer was busy. Spent a great deal of time re-connecting with my family and over the past 3 months, I really had a chance to form a special bond with my son. I remember the turning point vividly. It was when I had left for San Luis Obispo for the weekend and when I returned, I hadn't seen Grey for 3 days. When he saw me, he got more excited than I had ever seen him. Shouting, laughing, dancing around the couch before he finally came rushing over to give me a huge hug. Knowing how much he had missed me was an experience I can barely describe.
I will miss these days that we spent together but even the little time that I had to fill my BFA sketchbook was enough to keep pushing me forward. I learned a great deal in the 96 pages I filled and every mark and stroke I made was pure enjoyment. I can't wait to get back in the saddle and work my ass off this year.
Spent my final day of summer with Grey and Char. Took Grey to the park and a good friend came out to meet him for the first time. He was his usual charming (translate: serious face) self and went into his silent strong mode instead of his chatty McJibberJabber silly self. He did summon up the courage to give her a kiss on the cheek and hand before we left and then napped in the car before we headed to Valley Fair and he played some more before we went to get his favorite junk food, corn dogs!
We went home and Char had finished work so I got a chance to sneak in an hour nap before we packed up the bikes and took a trip out to Yogurtland where we had dinner and then picked him up a Badtzmaru spoon (Yogurtland's having a promotion with Sanrio and has these cute character spoons). He also drank a good amount of tea so he was bouncing off the walls a little before finally crashing and going to bed.
We turned in our sketchbooks this past Monday and I was sad to see it go. We'll get it back soon enough and in the meantime I have my two new sketchbooks to start filling. I decided to splurge a bit and picked up a Moleskine watercolour sketchbook and a Strathmore book filled with tone paper.
I'm trying out gouache for the first time and finding it really fun. It's so true. Once you learn to draw, any medium is just that. Drawing. ^_^
I let Grey have some fun with my junky brushes and my watercolors on one of the pages. I then went over with some ink to bring out any shapes I saw. =)
BFA sketchbook cover (illustration board cutout; I wanted to try and mesh the gears of my mind with my love of trees and things that brought me joy this summer).
New sketchbooks! Love ^_^
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