for the 14th of Juneforest today it's time for water
For this day I decided to draw the otter-like marapets named Quell swimming at the bottom of a river while finding a shell
This sketch shall be turned into a print someday. Dip pen and ink in my A5 watercolour sketchbook. The background wash is the result of a palette cleaning.
Self-portrait - Taste - mixmedia on sketchbook - I would like not to let myself be afflicted by the influences of the past, even when they return forcefully, by the panic they create in me, by the pain that still manages to seduce me in such an attractive way.
I would like to fight for myself because every time I have done it I have never regretted it, not even when I failed. But I would also like to give myself the rest to sit back and not have to overdo it: to sit and savor what is there, and also savor nothing if necessary.
Like undulations on the face of a still pond rippling outwards
across the water when a stone is skipped across the surface,
our actions are far-reaching and outlive us,
long after we have sank into the quiet abyss........
Because of the texture the sketchbook's paper, I couldn't use my regular mediums of choice. I decided to give crayons another go. It's a rather old piece (older than the other ones I've posted here) so not giving this a watermark.