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Another day full of Spanish ahead of me. And hopefully I will get through this lot to leave me with a weekend of PowerPoints. By this time next week I should be done with all three current batches of (publishing) work.
And I was drawing more birds last night. And, yes, this absolutely seeping into my Morning Ink, which I am fine with. I genuinely love going through phases of drawing lots amd lots of one subject. I really need to find a way to make that a completely normal and expected part of my practice. One deep dive a quarter, or similar, that ends up as a tonne of licensable art, perhaps.
This time in two weeks I will be waking up in Strasbourg. I wonder if I will draw before leaving the flat, or if I will head out for a walk along the water and a coffee and Morning Ink in a cafe. I wonder what I will be deep diving in my drawing then, or if there will still be lots of birds. Maybe it will all be observational. Or maybe I will be doing super quick pattern pages to give me time to explore loads. I am very much looking forward to it, anyway.
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If you get time, a daytrip to Colmar is worth it, it's super pretty!
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