tealin | Composition Studies (Reply)

Inspired by Chris Riddell, one of my good intentions for a Lenten exercise this year was to do a daily composition, as that's an artistic muscle I haven't stretched in some time and I want to get to the point where I can use the page as a frame. Unfortunately my hand started making wee peeping noises a few days into this, and I am at the mercy of the hand – previous attempts at resting up have been thwarted by my impatience, so this time that's it, I'm going to hold off drawing until long after it feels better in the hope I can finally see this thing out and not have to deal with it ANY MORE.

Luckily there are still a few in my sketchbook I haven't scanned, so I can keep feeding the blogs for a little while ... in the meantime, expect a lot more typing. Gonna be doing a lot of reading and typing in the next couple months.

Regarding the randomness of the bluetit illustration: I have been keeping a bird feeder outside the kitchen window, and have noticed that whenever a bluetit arrives to eat, he announces himself with a little fanfare that reminds me of the inappropriate way Hamlet turns up at Ophelia's funeral.

In many respects Lent this year has been a bust, but I suppose I have learned the important and unexpected lesson that it's much easier to be self-disciplined when times are hard than when they're great. Who knew! Now I do.