This is my "Most Played" list from two weeks ago:


"Most Played" today:


Yyyyeah.


So hey, do you want to see me trying to teach myself how to paint with watercolours again and falling on my face? YES YOU DO.

This whole Drawing Every Day project has been pretty good to me so far. On the days when I don't manage to do anything but a few lame, abortive scribbles (you will notice there are two dates suspiciously absent here, and that is because what I drew on them was rubbish) I get super grumpy and feel like a wangsty failure, but otherwise I can practically feel my imagination and creativity getting warmed up again. It's like I had to give myself an excuse to make the effort, even though it's something I want to do. Human brains, idek.

And I'm (re)learning a few things, too.



Lesson 1: don't keep painting just because you're having fun and don't want to be done yet. (This turned out pretty good, anyway, but I could've done better with the random addition of green bits.)






Lesson 2: Watercolour paper and erasers are not BFFs. Also think about what colours you're going to use beforehand. Also the 3rd dimension has never done anything to you, stop drawing side-views that look like they've been cut out of paper.

But hey, at least the feeling I was going for was conveyed.



This totally counts as a drawing, because maps are awesome.
(Disregard the wonky architecture at the bottom, it was about 2am by that point.)



(The Blue King ftw.)



In conclusion: not the most amazing stuff I've ever drawn, but I feel pretty good about myself. I think I'll gradually add other things to do every day, since this seems to be working.
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