All my creative pursuits.
No new fiction today. My week has been filled with realtors, township supervisors, paperwork and heartburn. I cannot write under the kind of stress I was under this week. However, drawing and painting always soothes my troubled soul, so I escaped to my subterranean lair and picked up my brushes.
This painting is inspired by a photograph of a baobab tree in Zimabwe, taken with long exposure just as the stars were coming out at night.
My good friend, and super talented photographer, Beach (sonofabeach96) has tagged me for this intriguing challenge: “Seven days. Seven black and white photos of your life. No people. No explanation. Challenge someone new each day.” If you don’t already follow his amazing photography blog, please check it out. He should get paid to travel the world and take pictures. Calling National Geographic! As for the rules, well… I’m not going to nominate anyone, but if you’d like to jump into this challenge, consider yourself nominated!
Here is the sixth:
Yeah, yeah, I know. Like I need another, another hobby. I feel like it’s the natural progression from sketching however. I haven’t been sharing much art here, but I have been working away at it continuously over the last several months. The last thing I posted on the blog was a sketch of a poppy in a field. Here is the acrylic painting of that sketch. Given my work in progress is a story about the First World War, I think this is a good first painting to share.
Meg Sorick, Author/Artist 