Gosh it’s been one stressful week. Just when you think you are starting to get a grip on things, life simply tosses a spanner in the works. It’s just the way of life- test, test and test some more! So this week, I needed to do a Sunday sketch for purely therapeutic and calming reasons. Decided to go for a double dose. Doodling, that calms my nerves and #origami that focuses my thoughts. What’s that saying again? When life gives you lemons, make lemonade? If one can make lemonade out of lemons, one can also make butterflies out of paper. Phew. Onwards and upwards…🦋
I have been seeing a trend of colouring in the negative space in drawings and paintings, and leaving the subject matter in black and white. So thought I would give it a try. I did and I love the effect! But also had an epiphany of sorts while colouring, which I have said many a …
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! (keep reading for a yummy and free gift!)I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s weakness is ice cream! Its obviously delicious, but it’s more than just the taste. It brings you back to a place in time. Summer, sun, friends, outdoors….freedom! Most of that …
When I was younger and felt a bout of procrastination setting in, this quote by Kabiguru Tagore always snapped me back on track- You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
Origami
Gosh it’s been one stressful week. Just when you think you are starting to get a grip on things, life simply tosses a spanner in the works. It’s just the way of life- test, test and test some more!
So this week, I needed to do a Sunday sketch for purely therapeutic and calming reasons. Decided to go for a double dose. Doodling, that calms my nerves and #origami that focuses my thoughts.
What’s that saying again? When life gives you lemons, make lemonade? If one can make lemonade out of lemons, one can also make butterflies out of paper.
Phew. Onwards and upwards…🦋
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