So...Face number 7

Had a better day today..... and a busy one...... 

Assembled what felt like a million boxes.. Ok.. it was twenty, but they were assembled using itty bitty fiddly fussy nuts and bolts.. and my fingers HATE me right now!!!

Having assembled the boxes... I am trying to condense this......

 Into this........

 and I am losing the battle!!!!!

I have so much stuff I don't use.. so I have a huge 'to be sold' box growing too.....  and money from that will go towards scrummy new pencils!!!

So been busy..... then it was the Partnering on Strictly..... and it is Last Night of the Proms..... so my day has been full!

Managed a quick face for you though.. cos I am being a good girl..... and here she is.....

Lets hope tomorrow is calmer...... although I MUST get the cupboard empty! Gulp!!!

Toodles! xxxxxx

Difficult Day this Day Six.......

Hello  Bloggers..... day 6 of 29 faces.. and yup still going!

Been a difficult day for me.....  First I spent ages and ages on the phone trying to get through to the doctors this morning to get a follow up appointment after my scan... but no luck getting through.... I had to go into town.. so went in and saw them... first available pre-bookable appointment is 9am Friday...... Hmmmmm ..... Good bit though.... I have a different doctor this time, much as I love my doctor, he has admitted I have him stumped.... so maybe a new set of ideas will uncover something.....

So from the doctors..... sadly I had a funeral to attend.....  Very sad, and very unexpected.....  beautiful service, but I wish, well .. .you all know!  And any funeral you go to gets you thinking..... about your mortality.. that of your parents, aunts, uncles, friends, children, even the cat.........  Death comes to us all, and the ones left behind have to deal with it.. arrange everything, and cope with it all......  from the booking of the funeral, to the music, the gathering, the invitations, the buffet and the wine.... everything.. all on top of soul encompassing grief......


Funerals....... Now I have a problem here..... I am in no way saying any of this to be difficult, cause offence or start a fight...... but I have an issue with..... God... sorry!   Jesus, I totally get.. a man walking around...saying be nice, be kind, accept and don't hate..... and persecuted brutally for his beliefs.... has anything changed?!?!?  But his Daddy.. I am sorry, but I have too many questions to be able to accept with any certainty.....

I did a course with the OU a few years ago..... The History of Religion..... FASCINATING course..... I learned so much and I enjoyed it so much, but it still left me with 100s of questions.  At the end of the course, I bought more books and did more research on one religion that really caught my attention and my compassion, and I am happily leaning very very strongly towards Buddhism..... most of my questions are answered there... and Buddha was real, he lived, he loved, he was... I can accept that!  I can also easily accept a lot of their philosophy and their guidance..... I am rereading the books I have and investigating more about it the older I get......

So the funeral today..... it bought out mixed emotions in me.... and when I got home, I dug out a face I started a couple of weeks ago on holiday using tinted charcoals.... Derwents of course... but didn't finish..... today, It needed to be finished... and here he is.......

till tomorrow! xxxxx

Day five and....

Still going strong!

Been an interesting couple of days...... Been to Ikea today and bought loads of boxes to unload the craft cupboard ready to say goodbye and hello to the new system.............

Other than that... Doing Moonshine with the fab Effy... well... I am starting to embrace more of the content as well as the art side....  Yes, I am adoring the art.. but some of the prompts and deeper stuff is sinking in.....

For the past two days... I have been reading Euripides (yeah... nice light reading...  circa 431BC.. easy on the mind!!!!!) But.. I studied Medea when I was doing my degree.. and all the Mother mentions in Moonshine instantly bought Medea to mind..... Yes she was a cow... but I can't help having a grudging admiration for her, despite what she did, the poor girl was driven mad by her husband.. and as I am married to a Jason.. I so get her!!!!! :-)  (although I wouldn't go quite as far as she did!!!!!)

Anyway... along with pre biblical prose..... I had a song creep into my mind and stick too....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZJiGu6Gz8E

This course is getting to me.. and we are still Week One... yeeeeehaaaaa  11 more weeks of this wonderfulness to go!!!

OK... 29 faces.... started this lady last night at art club, and finished her today..... I am starting to develop something... and I am THRILLED!!!!!

Oh.. and Good News..... the rest of my Tinted Charcoals turned up today....... so hopefully tomorrows lady will be in colour! LOL

Now... having played that song again...... I am off to watch American Werewolf in London..... Once I have the small pink person in bed!!!

Laters my lovelies! xxxxxx

(oh.. and having finished Medea and adored it just as much this time... my bath reading is Hecabe, not read that before.. so will be interesting!!!   Maybe if I read enough Euripides, I might eventually be able to read past the first page of Dante's Inferno...... which I am desperate to read.. but bores me silly!!!!!) xxx

4/29

and still on target!!!  Which after last night actually amazes me.....  Had the best evening.. so funny and rather liquid, and very late ..... done very little today other than sulk about my slightly fragile head and sketch!  Which considering I was up at half six as school started today, I think is very good going!

Have Art Club tonight..... first night back after the summer break... so if I stay awake long enough, I will be doing some more sketching and shading!

OK... I am spotting a theme here with my faces.... but practice makes betterer.. so apologies if I am boring you...... I will do different styles for the blog-along, but right now I am sooooo in love with this shading it is untrue..... That Effy-Lady is a brilliant teacher!

OK... till tomorrow..... Mwah! <3

Day 3.....

Going past rather quickly!!!

Just a little post today you will be pleased to note! :-)  Very busy as getting sorted for the back to school in the morning..... so here is my face....  I am rather pleased with this one.....I think she is so pretty!

Got a friend round tonight... wine will be consumed..... wonder what tomorrows face with built in hangover will look like!!!

Toodles! xxxxx

Day 2, and Moonshine Magic!

Hello... here I am, present and correct for day 2 of 29 faces......

Before I say anything else.. can I say a HUGE Thank You for all the lovely comments..... I was blown away when I saw them!  I am so used to my other blog being pretty much ignored, I was floored by the amount of wonderfulness I found on yesterdays blog post..... I really do Thank you all!!!!

OK.... as I mentioned.. I am also doing Moonshine with the Fabulous Effy Wild..... and this morning  .. not being a very good one for me.... I sat and watched one of the Boot Camp videos on face sketching to take my mind off my impending hospital appointment (which was 100% clear by the way.. so another reason I am feeling so ill crossed off the list and we are still none the wiser... Hey Ho!)

I watched, and listened and copied as Effy showed us how to shade..... using just a couple of graphite pencils, blending stumps, and in my case, a whole variety of erasers of different shapes, sizes and consistencies!!!

And this lady emerged from the page.....  I am Thrilled with her.... I am so chuffed with my shading... OK  she is still pensive, but beautifully shaded and pensive! LOL

Having so much fun..... See you tomorrow!!!! :-) xxx

OK... back again..... Just did another one.. I think I am addicted to the magic you can create with a couple of good old pencils!!!  I could have saved her and blogged her for tomorrow... but I am so chuffed with her, I couldn't wait.. plus I am sure I will do more!!!
Made her mouth smaller this time.. I am happier.....  Liking her lots!!

See ya tomorrow! xxxx

29 Faces......

Hello!
Ok.. I have set myself a challenge...... on top of Book of Days, and Moonshine which starts tomorrow, and the fact I am a muddle head right now with no sense of direction...... I am going to do 29 Faces

Whats that?  Simples..... 29 faces in one Month..... as September has 30 day, we get one day off to panic and catch up!!! :-)

So.. starting as I mean to go on...... here is todays face..... I drew her this morning sitting in a freezing cold caravan awning, trying to wake up, and realizing my shading skills leave a fair bit to be desired!
And I noticed, my faces always look a bit sad......  Going to try for Happy Faces during this blog along......

Anyhows.. here she is...... see you tomorrow! :-) x