Sep 9, 2021 -- A No-art Day

No time to work on my book today… Though I didn’t work on my book, I was able to do my one-hour workout, my 30 minutes of practicing Swedish, and another 15 minutes doing the back stretches I’ve been doing since my injury a few months ago.

My contract job is going eerily smoothly — all of the participants have completed the prerequisites, and that’s weird. Usually I have to do remedial work with many of the clients. But not this time. It’s great to be working with so many smart people.

Back to Work...In the Outside World

In this picture I’m trying to draw a very large, very irritated cat yawning. I’ll try again tomorrow.

Today was a busy day. It started with a trip to the vet for Nacho’s surgery appointment. Yes, he getting neutered. He went through the surgery perfectly and made lots of friends. He was the friendliest pug anyone had ever seen. He was so popular he even got to hang out behind the reception desk and chill with the staff — a first for a pug. He is exceptionally goodnatured.

My contract work began today. After work I had about one hour to make the awesome sketch above. It is what it is — a start. Every drawing is a new challenge for me. I look at Betty and Tuco and I think, “They’re so boringly static. Make them react! Give them emotion! Make them dance!”