Following the chart to 52 drawings this year. Water lilies, a favorite subject of Claude Monet – those famous residents of his garden at Giverny. The water lily is said to symbolize peace and renewal, since they resolutely return even after the severest droughts. Here is my sketch of the water lily:
Meg Sorick, Author/Artist 
Wow, Meg, you are getting better and better, this is so beautiful!
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Thank you so much! 😃🙏
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So pretty, Meg. I’m getting intimidated now because I really do suck at drawing! Maybe I will post just for laughs!
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Aw! Don’t worry! Art is completely subjective! 👨🎤👍
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Wow lovely! You are good at many things!
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Thank you! 😃
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Great job! Water lilies always remind me of lotuses. (They’re not the same – I looked it up because I was curious! :-))
There’s a saying my yoga teacher often quotes “May you live like the lotus, at peace in the muddy water.” I love that sentiment!
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Thank you! Now if I could paint them like Monet! 😜 That is a lovely saying!
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Man, you’re good at this. Nice work.
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Aw! Thank you! I’ve been drawing a lot more and writing a lot less, unfortunately!
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The drawing more is good. The writing less… you need to stay one top of Here Lies A Soldier. I really think you have something special in that story.
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I know it. And actually I started working on it again yesterday afternoon. I have some major revisions to make but I’ve made some extensive notes! Thanks for the encouragement, Drew!
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Always. I am very interested in reading it. This is the type of movie my wife and I love to see.
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Wonderful! I will post updates as I make progress! Thanks again!
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Nice one Meg, is it in charcoal or graphite?
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Thank you! Graphite. But I am working on improving with charcoal so maybe one of them will end up here!
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I signed up for a course at my local art institute titled ‘Art & Journaling for Summer Travel and Memories’. I realize I just need to take a sketch pad and drawing pencil and be adventurous. But I need better drawing skills. The beginning drawing class I took was not usueful for teaching me skills.
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Oh you should see some of my early attempts – they were truly dreadful. I think the most important thing an artist frowned told me was to ‘see’ the subject I was drawing. Not to draw what I imagined the subject to look like. I’m sure you could find some useful tutorials on YouTube. That’s how I’m learning to paint. Best of luck to you!
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