My Descent into a Drawing Obsession Among My Many Other Projects

Just a tiny little sketch

I have this horrible habit of getting myself addicted to different forms of creative outlets. Previous addictions get thrown onto the back burner and I dive head first into these new projects. I always end up circling back around at some point, but it sort of makes me seem a little mental. Especially when it seems to happen over night.

We'll see how he comes out once
I'm brave enough to get out the pen.

My sudden interest in drawing probably looked like this. In truth, I've always enjoyed artsy things like that. (Probably why I love crochet so much. Versatile.) The thing is I rarely did much drawing growing up and totally copped out in art classes. Why? The answer is fairly simple. Being told what to do kind of takes the fun out of it. Once the creativity is taken out of the project, the fun dies out exponentially and my Aries mindset has a tendency to get bored, flitting to the next interesting thing that comes along.

Taken at about 230 typed pages.
Now around 350.

All that probably goes into why I'm having a difficult time with the last few chapters of my book. I'm sort of procrastinating on that venture.

I know what you're thinking. "Crochet, drawing, and a book? How does she have the time for all that??"
Well ...
The book has been in the works for over a year now, plus it's still in the 1st draft stage. Crochet is more of a winter project. Though my shop will remain open throughout the year, I just won't be adding as many new items to it until the fall. Got to enjoy the summer while ya can! It doesn't last long in Minnesota. And with my drawing, I can pretty much cart that around with me anywhere.

My first couple of attempts ... Some better than others ... 

Now before you go getting all judgmental on my poor sketches, remember these are coming from a total amateur. So be nice to my fragile ego ... Just kidding! I know everyone has their opinions and that's cool. If you are going to be mean though, let's see some of your work for reference. :p Kidding, or am I?

And here are a couple quick sketches based off of some animes I've watched. Can you guess which ones?

For those of you curious about Bag of the Week, I'll be getting back into that closer to fall time. As I said before, gotta enjoy the weather! Don't worry I'll still be doing custom orders and who knows maybe I'll have a surprise bag of the week randomly throughout the spring/summer.

So that's it for right now! Take care!

And here is a picture of my boyfriend holding
my mother's purse. Why? She made him. Haha

OK now I'm really done! :)

Shay