Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day to all you love birds out there. I don't get out much anymore and haven't had a chance to go get Michael a V-day gift, so I made him a homemade card out of pictures, construction paper, and glue. It's been a while since I've done anything like that. It was kind of fun and reminded me what it was like to be in the fifth grade again... making cards that say "I have a crush on you." If you haven't done something like this lately, I highly recommend that you do.

Tulips

I've continues to practice drawing over the past few weeks. I'm on the 4th chapter of my teach yourself to draw book and I still have a lot to teach myself. I'm still working on drawing recognizable objects and sometimes that is a struggle. I won't post my failures, although there have been many.

My sister-in-law, Natalie planted a bunch of tulips in our front yard and they look beautiful. The other day, I decided to go out there and attempt to draw a couple of them. These are my efforts:

New Hobby

For many years, I've wanted to learn how to draw. A few years ago, when I was in Ecuador, my friend Ashlee lent me her "teach yourself to draw" book. I learned how to draw basic shapes such as cubes, cones, and cylinders. Once, I even drew a feather, but I didn't do much with it.

Then nursing school happened... no time to learn to draw.

Then the awful nursing job at VA happened... too stressed/depressed to care.

Then I quit that awful job and started working at my current job... University of Utah Dialysis Program... ahhhhhhhh. It is a lovely job. I only work three days a week, Mon, Wed, Fri. What should I do with those other four days? Tues: ski, Sun: church, Sat and Thurs: DRAW (among other things).

About 6 weeks ago I bought my very own "teach yourself to draw book" called Drawing for the Utter and Absolute Beginner. Above are my first two drawings which were an assignment in the book. Since then, I've been practicing by drawing some household items. I have a long way to go, but at least I'm on my way. Here are some of the household items I've done: