No one is more surprised by the length of time it took me to get back to this blog, the fact that I got back at all and that the quality of this image is so shit, than me!
It’s an almost brand new scanner, unused for the last [so long ago I’m actually doing the math here], I’m gonna say [I can’t do math] 2 years. 3 years?
It’s been years. Things that have happened since then, let’s do a quick run down, shall we?: Biden became President, Trudeau is STILL our PM (I like him, not gonna lie, but even I’m surprised by that), US pulled out of Afghanistan, I learned to spell Afghanistan, a global pandemic, Ukraine, Gaza, a housing crisis, an immigration inflation, heat waves and Trump was nearly killed.
If Trump can make a come back from that then I think I can put my phone down and doodle. And so, I have made a solid commitment [that’s a lie! I call “Liar!” Carla, don’t lie to the Peoples of the Internet!] to take 30 minutes every 2 weeks [better] and get some lead on paper.
To say that I’m disappointed by the drawing is an understatement. Not the boy! He’s beautiful…and he’s definitely my baby [Freud would have so much to say about that] but the quality of paper. I must remember not to use bond paper for these drawings. Bond paper is for printers. They always end up kind of bluey, and I refuse to do touch ups. Touch ups are for the weak.
If we gonna do this, we gonna go raw!!!
‘Til next time…
Carla Benvenuto 