From My Sketchbook
Passion Flower - Colored Pencil © 2012 SuZan Alexander
I have worked on this colored pencil drawing for a while now. These Passion Flowers are such unusual little beauties and I thought it would be a fun challenge to draw one.
As I was working on this yesterday, I kind of hit a wall as to how to bring it back from the brink. Then, I remember being told once that there are only unfinished paintings in various stages of unfinish. I decided it might be time to embrace that philosophy. So, I asked myself what I had learned from this exercise and gave myself permission to move on. I'm not at all happy with the results, but I have more blank paper where this one came from and an infinite number of inspirations to practice more drawings.
Last week I posted about the 15 Minutes-a-Day Creativity Challenge. This was my first, full week with the Challenge. So, you ask, how was my first full week in the "Creative Sandbox"? Pretty good. I think I missed one day this week. But, while I missed one day, I spent well over 15 minutes painting each of the other days of the Challenge, so, I figure it all evens out in the end