Ready Set Draw

Studio painted a lovely Lavender hue...Check!.
All non-essentials out of the room...Check!
Motivation level building to a fever pitch with imagination in overflow mode.

I honestly haven't touched paint to canvas in almost a year now and am very upset about that. Depressed a bit actually BUT am ready to pull myself out of this slump now. Now that the Summer home renovations are complete, My wife can get back to her quilting and I can resume exercising my imagination via charcoal and oil paint. I'll begin with baby steps and allow freedom to the ideas that have been pre-occupying me for a while now. I love having an artistic "mission". A piece of work you are compelled to create. What compels us to create??? Forces from elsewhere I'd assume. Maybe a message from beyond trying to share itself with this dimension? Who is to be sure but whatever the driving force behind picking up a burnt piece of wood and sketching our thoughts with it, is quite impressive. For one to record their thoughts and ideas accurately is a gift. To draw what one sees in the mind's eye, is not such an easy task and to do so without any reference to speak of is not the usual norm. Reference material is preferred when creating a work of art. The better the reference, I feel, the higher the potential for a great work of art , though when all'
s said and done, It's up to the Artist to compose and make the artwork great.
Here's to unbridled freedom of mind and the power to embrace and convey our thoughts and dreams with the world not only this year but every year to come ~ May we all enjoy a Blessing-filled 2016!