drawing

I have just been reading a very interesting post, I found it through ‘The Happiness Project’ which I subscribe to. It was on following your dreams and doing what you are passionate about, the article was called  ‘Follow your passion? The blogger Roundup’

The message in the end is that you are more likely to be a lot happier and contented doing something that you are passionate about but it doesn’t necessarily led to financial wealth. I have been passionate all my life about art and craft. While I was at school and college I painted, as a young married woman sewing (clothes) and embroidery, I then discovered patchwork and at the same time kept doing embroidery. In recent years I discovered scrapbooking but the amount of supplies and the cost use to worry me;  my son one day in an off-hand comment solved the problem by saying “Why don’t you try digital scrapping, Mum?” That opened a whole new world to me, I found that from day one that I loved it, I could design extra things to go with the photos, that I was inspired by the many layouts that were shared on the web and that a whole wonderful on-line community  was there. For a few years I designed but found I was spending far to long on the computer and away from by family. So I stopped designing but I still scrap and I have also gone back to painting, sewing and embroidery. I find that I am contented when I am doing those things, that the world is a lot happier place. Where is this going, today I started a painting course at the Institute of Art…….a beginner course in acrylics.

My oldest daughter is 32 today, she has developed into a remarkable young woman, a partner and a mother. Happy birthday my beautiful one.

I have a problem with time. I really hate waiting like this lady, so I often cut my time too short and as a result I am often late.

My kids think I am strange but I do not like the phone. I really dislike talking on it and it ringing. As soon as it starts ringing, I start counting the number of rings; I do not like the sense of urgency that it creates. Here is my drawing for this week.

I wait each week to see what the topic is going to be, it usually comes through early Saturday morning. If I have checked my emails in the night I think & dream about the topic. ……..a bit obsessive I know. Anyway I love this week’s topic and if I find the time I am going to have a go at doing another one. This is my little grand-daughter on a egg hunt in the garden.

My daughter leaves tomorrow to work in Sudan. While I am extremely proud of her, I am nervous and frighten at the same time. However, I know that she is a very professional young lady and that she will be sensible and that she will do a very good job. So this is my illustration for this week -leap in faith, leap into a different culture, leap into a different world……I think that the title could be any of those.

For the last three weeks I have done a drawing for Illustration Friday but this is the first time that I have finished one. The topic for this week is multiple.