Recent Drawings

It was reading Danny Gregory’s book The Creative License that inspired me to start drawing again. He says the true purpose of illustrated journaling is to celebrate your life. “No matter how small or mundane or redundant, each drawing and little essay you write to commemorate an event or an object or a place makes it all the more special.”
Looking back over the drawings I’ve been doing for the last six weeks, I can remember what I was thinking and feeling while I was working on each one of them. The scallop shell was definitely the hardest. It took a good hour and a half to finish it, and I considered giving up and tearing it out of my journal several times during the process. With the hot water bottle, I thought I was raising the bar drawing-wise, but it turned out to be easier than I thought. And finally: the tacky broach. I only wore it once on a burgundy jacket I used to love—but then gave away because it had those early 90s football shoulders. I can’t think why I haven’t parted with this broach either. Maybe it was just waiting for me to draw it.