03/05/2006: "Art and more art"

Just spent the last two days in the studio on an art weekend. It was so good to be drawing again. I haven't done much since last June!! So two whole days was fantastic - apart from the fact that there was little or no heating (all heaters directed at the model only) which you don't really notice until you stop when the models have a break, but which has left me with a numb tip of my right index finger! The first day I did have a few thoughts about why I was there as I felt as if I was right back to square one and my drawings were scarsely above primary school level but a couple of reasonable pastel sketches eased me back into things slowly. Then more pastel, charcoal, oilbar and pencil and then back to pastel today. By the time I was on the last piece of the day today, I finally realised, I really enjoy this and I enjoyed seeing people I haven't seen for ages. I really don't enjoy working and I could give it all up right now if someone was kind enough to pay me enough money to do so. I know, only five weeks into the new job and I'm having second thoughts - not good.