Why Sketch?

11 Responses to Why Sketch?

1. Deb Leger says:

   February 23, 2011 at 10:44 pm

   Hi Don, it’s really good seeing your post! Love the thought but I especially love the thoughts you wrote along with it. You and I seem to be going through the same kind of thing right now so it’s good to see what you’ve done and read your thoughts. I’ve been doing some drawing, too, and hopefully this weekend, I’ll be able to add some colour to them. Or maybe sooner. Keep drawing when you can! And keep posting, too. It keeps me inspired and gives me hope.
2. Rowlandwithaw says:

   February 23, 2011 at 11:13 pm

   I love the fact that your text and your images blend into ‘a whole’ …. (I know that sounds clumsy…. but it is 7 am and I’m frozen . . . )

   Fantastic
3. Don says:

   February 23, 2011 at 11:51 pm

   Thanks Rowland!
   I’m sorry you’re frozen my friend
   It makes me appreciate the comment that much more
   Some tips to warm up:
   -Run in place.
   -Run inside.
   -Run to the nearest coffee cafe.
4. Don says:

   February 24, 2011 at 12:00 am

   Hi Deb and thanks for the kind words
   Winter is a pain in the sketchbook isn’t it? lol!
   Looking forward to seeing your posts…
   I recently heard a nice song about hard times and hard moments etc.
   The refrain is simply “Press on. Press on Believers, press on.”
   And so we shall eh?
   Not that my times are that hard…I’m just having a difficult time fighting the urge to go into hibernation lol! (I think I have bear genes in my DNA.)
   And as you know…that makes for difficulty in getting started on a sketch or painting.
   But…I finally got a tiny spark and embraced it even though the subject was rather mundane And it did me good Perhaps tomorrow another one will spill forth lol!
5. Rowlandwithaw says:

   February 24, 2011 at 2:06 am

   Am off to the bar for a coffee!!

   And to arrange delivery of wood for the stove: they’re promising us more cold weather. . . people think Italy is permanently warm . . . oh, no . . . lovely? yes; interesting? yes; but warm? not at this very moment!!!
6. Rowlandwithaw says:

   February 24, 2011 at 3:24 am

   PS heading for the bar, I heard gunshots. They were shooting caterpillars – sound ludicrous – yes it does, but it true. There is a type of hairy caterpillar that breeds around now: you often see them in their thousands on the road- nose to tail – or is it just tail to tail with them. Despite their harmless appearance, they carry a substance which causes extremely bad skin irritation. So they shoot the nests out of the trees before they hatch. Strange but true . . . .
7. annie says:

   February 24, 2011 at 7:16 am

   What a fun blog: sketching woes and joys, running for coffee and now shooting hairy caterpillars. I did not know that about caterpillars–your comment posts are great fun, too… It is good to hear from you, Don. As the comments show, we are in similar places, this winter, so your post is an inspiration to the rest of us. I guess our mantra should be:
   Keeponanayway
   annie
8. Don says:

   February 24, 2011 at 9:12 am

   Rowland, as I read your note about gunshots, then caterpillars being the perpetrators, I imagined “dang! they must be big damn caterpillars!”…then of course came your details about the NESTS being what was shot. lol! Still…an odd way of dealing with pests I must say
9. Don says:

   February 24, 2011 at 9:14 am

   Hi Annie!
   Gonna try and keep the candle of inspiration lit here if I can Had very early work today, gonna take a nap now and then see if I can find something to sketch
   Good to hear from you!
10. Callie Swinsick says:

    February 25, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    Hehe that was our glass, looks like I didn’t affect the lighting too much! I like it
11. Don says:

    February 25, 2011 at 8:46 pm

    Howdy Miss Callie!
    Thanks for stopping by. You should subscribe to the blog. Then you’ll automatically get anything I post in your email. Wouldn’t that be wonderful!
    And no, you didn’t affect the lighting too much Glad you like it