Back to the Basics...

Today I finally had the time to sit down and just draw...and I'd actually forgotten how much I love it. I often get so wrapped up in life and classes and such that I forget how much I love to just return to the basics of art. I love art...more than anything; I see the world as a painting with light and shadows jumping off of buildings and falling leaves swirling in slow motion. But sometimes I forget how much I love the fundamentals of art. It's one thing to see the world through the eyes of an artist, but to actually live as an artist is a different story.

I wasn't in the mood today to begin my homework for this week (which thankfully is all art based, but I still occassionaly don't wish to draw my hand or my foot when it's been made a mandatory act), so instead, I took my sketch book, pencils, and inks and curled up under my blankets (it's still freezing here) and just drew. I still have one of the sketchbooks from the funambulist trade, and therefore was able to flip around and do as I pleased. I've been rather neglectful of the sketchbook, which I believe I've actually had for about a month now (sorry guys...I promise I'll ship it out soon), and was rather surprised when I looked at the clock to realize that I had spent a number of hours wrapped up in the book which I hadn't touched in so long. Having said this, I think I might go finish one of my drawings from before...happy sketching!!!