On 01.02.02, I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Too late for surgery, I had chemotherapy, which failed. In May the chemotherapy was changed and I was soon in remission which was celebrated and welcome and lasted nine years - until October 2011. There was progression in 2011 so more treatment was indicated and I am now back in partial remission. But I'm not only a cancer patient - I also enjoy my family, walk my dogs and am learning to draw and paint. Life is good!

Saturday, November 07, 2009

No way ... Yes way

I was drawing with two boys at Juvenile Hall yesterday morning. One of them, a gang member with serious charges, kept saying, "You can't draw, you can't even draw a maple leaf. You're gonna fail miserably."

Let's just say I've had more encouraging sketching partners! In the meantime, my task was to make use of Prismacolor pencils, a media I rarely use. Like many sketchbookers, I have a plethora of perfectly useful drawing utensils -- every imaginable graphite or colored pencil, watercolors and watercolor pencils, acrylics, gel pens, black and colored pens, a 120-color crayon box and several assortments of markers. That's on the first shelf ... need I say more?

Don't even get me started on the sketchbooks, filled and empty, on the next shelf.

7 comments:

  1. You are sooooo right on with having all the drawing tools! And the blank journals, lol. You leaf is lovely. Dedicate it to your ward.

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  2. Oh, Barbara, you seemed to be describing MY shelves of art materials and sketchbooks! We are NOT alone. And your maple leaf is lovely.

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  3. Beautiful drawing Barbara ^^

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  4. Hmmm, could it be a maple leaf? A maple leaf in fall? Guess you did just fine. And that's just what you should have told your drawing companion!

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  5. Lovely sketch and you were able to practice more with color pencils. I say you had a great day.

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  6. You don't need to listen to that gang member. He sounds like he'd make a good inner critic. The leaf came out great.

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