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I'm just sharing part of a sketch here...drawn on the reverse of my foot picture. If it had been a fresh piece of paper I'd have torn this one up as I made such a mess of it by not knowing when to stop!
However, I decided to crop it to the part that was okay. It was done whilst looking into the mirror, so it's a reverse image I suppose. Portraits are often flattering, but self portraits tend to be warts, or wrinkles, and all. 
No smiles here, just my, on my own pensive face. I'll do another without overworking it and share the results when I'm done.
My hand is just about okay now with just red welts, some stiffness and a bit of itchiness left. I did put my gloves on just now as we had the heaviest rain I've ever seen this afternoon which left the garden looking more like a pond and the massive lavender bush looking very dejected with broken stems and drooping flowers. So, I've been out there hoiking it back into some sort of upright position with twine. It doesn't look half as good as it did this morning though.
Well, time to feed my two terrors and think about what I'm going to have too. No more drawing tonight - stamp designs or otherwise!
No smiles here, just my, on my own pensive face. I'll do another without overworking it and share the results when I'm done.My hand is just about okay now with just red welts, some stiffness and a bit of itchiness left. I did put my gloves on just now as we had the heaviest rain I've ever seen this afternoon which left the garden looking more like a pond and the massive lavender bush looking very dejected with broken stems and drooping flowers. So, I've been out there hoiking it back into some sort of upright position with twine. It doesn't look half as good as it did this morning though.
Well, time to feed my two terrors and think about what I'm going to have too. No more drawing tonight - stamp designs or otherwise!
5 comments:
Just a thought - did you try antihistamines for the nettle rash?
Loving your blog and all the ideas you share, and very sorry indeed when I read that David had passed away xxx
Thank you Craftypam.It's been a terrible few months indeed.
I got Hydrocortisone cream from the chemist as well as Piriton tablets which are an antihistamine...think it was the tablets that finally did the trick. I have them to hand now (no pun intended) so if I get zapped again I'll be ready.
Lindsay x
2Oh this is brilliant, what a great sketch, Im so bad at drawing, Glad your hand is on the mend, Love Hxx
Portraits are REALLY difficult! I read somewhere that our facial recognition skills mean that we notice any feature which isn't exactly spot on. Just move an eyeball slightly off to the left & we can tell it's not correct. I've learnt all the measurements in art but still muck it up. What you've shown here looks freakin good though :) Pxx
Wonderful sketch Lindsay, so glad to hear your hand is improving too. Crafty hugs, Anne x
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