I am a kind of low-level ill, I think. If it was a week day, I would probably be at my desk and then just resting in between or getting an early night, rather than completely out of commission. It’s a Sunday though, and I think I will just lean into being ill and have a sofa day. Reading (Vianne by Joanne Harris) when I feel up to it and TV (probably Rivals and Criminal Minds) when I don’t. And maybe some no-pressure, no-plan sketchbook time, too.
I did spend some time in the studio yesterday, but was completely unable to do anything productive or creative, it was just comfort drawing, which is perfectly fine to do, of course. But I felt a bit sad that I wasn’t continuing with the creative flow of ideas and moving them forward. Or progressing any assignments.
And in the evening I ended up drawing something that would not look out of place in my Morning Ink sketchbook.
I was playing a bit with washes, since I am using non-waterproof ink.
It looks better desaturated, I think…
From tomorrow, I am going to try making this a weekly post that I update daily. So, hopefully, you will be able to find it if you go to my main Substack page if you want to check in daily and otherwise you should get it in your inbox next Sunday, with a week’s worth of Morning Ink and studio pictures to look through. It will be an experiment and it may chop and change a little as I adjust.
Thanks for reading. See you tomorrow, or maybe next Sunday!
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