I realized today that I haven't actually updated my journal in more than a month, which is sad. So here I am trying to figure out what to talk about.

Now that the semi-cold weather has set in I am doing less photography (I like to be neither cold, nor wet) and so it is the time of year when my drawing and painting tends to pick up. So far I haven't done too much in this area as I am approaching my one year evaluation at work, at which time I am no longer in my probationary period I'm really looking forward to being considered "forever staff" and no longer having to have evaluations every three months. Less stress for me and more enjoyment at work.
I have some large canvases I plan on working on throughout the colder parts of the year when I tend to be stuck inside on the weekends. However I am finding large white devoid-of-all-colour canvases rather intimidating. I know it is a state of mind and I just need to push past it and get started but...

I'm also a terrible procrastinator...like...epic. I've researched and written entire papers in a single night. I've finished powerpoint presentations mere moments before they are due and given (rather good) oral presentations with no practice; fortunately for me (and any hapless partners I had in university) I am a decent public speaker.
Thus, sadly, I look at my canvases and my big empty drawing pad and think...I'll draw later when I feel like it...or "I'm not in the mood to paint, I'll wait until I'm ready"...

So my friends, my pencils remain sharpened, my paintbrushes remain dry and my tubes of paint stare at me in resignation...I shall get to it when I get to it...

I'm starting to work through the "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" book and workbook in a (potentially vain) attempt to move my drawing from child-like sketches and chicken scratch to something resembling a real live person. Again...procrastination has allowed me to read through the first few chapters, leaving all of the practice activities to be completed at a later date...I'll get to it, I promise! I hope at the very least to increase my confidence in drawing, even if my actual technique improves very little. And on that note, I'm off to have some sort of supper related food product. Enjoy your evenings and try not to be as epic of a procrastinator as I am!