I found this wicker ball in an antique store and couldn't stop looking at it. It's the type of object that would take forever to sketch in detail but still called out to be sketched, so I bought it. Some time has passed since I bought it, as I was looking for the right time to sketch it. Today is the day. It's Father's Day and our kids live out of state. So, it's quiet, just Wilma and I, and a COVID-19 isolation weekend. It will be a treat to myself to do it today! I had planned on doing a full pencil rendering in 100% detail and then inking it in, but it just grates me wrong to spend that much time on one drawing. The drawing would look great but I don't have the mindset to spend that length of time on one drawing. I'm a sketcher of daily life, not a formal artist. So, I did the old some detail-some implied method, and I like it.If you read far enough you'll see I included some gloomy news, too. I did not start this sketch to be about cancer, but as I was writing the text, it just came to me. I saw how it all tied together, so to speak. It's been heavy on my mind since the diagnosis last week. And, good or bad, this journal is about daily life, so it had to be said.
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John- I have one of those balls and intended to sketch the oddly puzzling weave but you beat me to it! Sorry to hear life has dealt you a double curve of covid and cancer. I know you will approach both with grace. Sending positive thoughts your way!
Bill and I are hunkered down till there's a vaccination...our son and daughter-in-law live in San Francisco, so we have to be satisfied with phone calls and texts. Im sure you're familiar with that! Please say hello to Wilma.
Hello, Jeanette. Long time no see. Glad to hear from you. So the weaved ball caught your eye, too! When I found it in the antique store I just kept staring at it. Had to buy it. We have both kids over seven hours away, so we don't see them much. We did make an exception lately, though. I wanted to see all my grand kids before surgery. We pulled it off, but wouldn't have pressed our luck normally.
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