Day 1... herbal treatments to help heal torn ligaments in my ankle. Sketching to stretch my confidence to draw more while in a moment of reduced mobility! -

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this lighter threw me a bit. Guidelines were on my mind and the stark realisation that all the perspective classes I took a couple of years back were forgotten. Grateful it highlighted to me what not keeping up with the practicing looks like!
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day 3... zested! Perspective is something I need to revisit after this workshop.

reared it’s head again. Playing with confidence a bit when I look how well I seemed to draw last year...got to quieten that voice down...telling me why bother...are you going to stick to it this time?! Then realised,,,I love to create no matter the results. Love to just play...keep playing Amy!

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Day 4 - giggling at myself. Challenging my comfort and skill zone completely...but still showing up. Much to reflect on after the next 10 days I think. Happily so...

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Day 5 - told myself to relax. Helped a bit. Could feel myself holding my breath when I tried to do the front view ... I didn’t leave myself enough room and then I felt kinda saved when the timer went! Was still fun. I liked the ink pen I used.

14 Days of Play to silence the inner critic! - image 5 - student project day 6 - the bristles on this brush made me laugh when trying to sketch them simply. The angles and the bumps. Was fun to try though

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day 7

need to be more mindful about the space on the page, what I am sketching and the medium... the pen I choose today made it more challenging with the size of the subject matter! still has fun. Enjoyed the wing nut the best

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day 8

had the intention to smile...and I did. Enjoyed playing today

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day 9... had fun. Think using a crayon helped tamed my desire to try and replicate the pattern exactly. Trying to get the face profile challenged me... know need to spend some time learning how to draw people and faces.
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day 10! Yay I made it here.
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day 11

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day 12- faffed around with the perspective... got a bit lost. But still had a lot of fun with this

14 Days of Play to silence the inner critic! - image 12 - student project day 13 - sizing threw me a bit on the page... really like using this pen though... made a few heavy lines and just adjusted a bit but making them heavier!

day 14. Drew with my daughters next to me and was so a lot of fun. They added more energy to the room...was infectious

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