Feeling vintage

 After two days of shoulder pain I'm able to hold a pencil again. I've been feeling like I'd use vintage fairy art to do my daily sketches. I have a few of the Dover Publishing royalty free design books that have simple designs and famous paintings too. I found a few fairies from Richard Doyle's In Fairyland, 1870 illustration to tackle. These fairies are floating down a brook or river in lily boats. 

This little fairy was the first one from this morning. Honestly, I chose him because I wasn't feeling confident and wanted to do a simple line drawing. He was fairly quick to do though I must admit I felt very rusty this morning. The second fairy drifting down the river proved more challenging.

This little lady is down right a mess. lol Her billowing ribbon and her legs are fine. The rest of this poor thing needs an over haul. She's got quite the upper arm build there. Oh well, these are rough sketches after all. 

The next is just a mushroom I found in a John Anster Fritzgerald painting called The Intruders. 

It's a simple enough mushroom and I do love mushrooms and fungi. Overall, I found this morning's drawing session quite frustrating. I look at my older work  and it's so different. I'm even debating to create Throwback Thursday posts from my past art endeavors just to have a reminder of what I'm capable of doing to myself.

A slow beginning

 I was totally ambitious to get the ball rolling and then something happened I didn't expect. I lost momentum and hit a brick wall. It took me a few days to realize that my old daily art life was missing in the equation. I didn't realize the routine of being physically creative each day was a "habit". 

Physical art and digital designing are totally different animals. With designs as I was using them they weren't my own. I would take digital pieces and create with them. But the habit of actually using my drawing or printing skills went to sleep during the past four or so years.

I've learned that new habits form after doing them for 30+ days. Today is day one. No pressure to myself, I've decided to either at least draw or sketch once a day. No limits and any subject that moves me is fair game. Perhaps in this way I'll expand on the days I feel inspired. 

For today the drawing is a simple troubled gnome. He's a bit worried looking but that is no fault of mine. That's just what is became in the 15 minutes it took to sketch him. I do like sketching gnomes so don't be surprised if you see him again.