Grids. Looking at a rose all day.

I continued the trend of making art in my journal, instead of bead crafts.




Monday I made another grid with a bingo marker.

It was nice to take time and appreciate the way the ink dried.

I also made a green grid.

Yesterday I also drew the rose in watercolor again.

I had an upsetting dream about staff changes at work.

It reflected a lot of what I was feeling.


Yesterday at work, I was wary that this was an omen of another crisis.

I overheard two staff members discussing an important survey about our prospective pastor.

The one day I was sick last month, I missed a meeting about the survey.

The office manager assured me the meeting was unimportant and I would still get the survey.

But I had not heard anything else about it until this day.

I don't know if she forgot to put me on the mailing list, or if I was once again being excluded from another big decision at the office.

While I was sitting around reading emails and wondering, I drew some more in my journal.


The rose was still on my desk.

I used some watercolor pencils to do the background first.

I also used regular watercolors to make a wash.


I still haven't found the right shade of pink watercolor for flowers.




I used these neon markers to get a better effect.

I also used a stamp and green ink in the background.


The glass vase is difficult to draw.






Another drawing:

I'm not unhappy with my progress, since I haven't done any focused drawing in a month or two.

I am not feeling as patient as the tiny aphids I found.