Here I am. I am full of beans. Blurry, but beaned up nonetheless.

After a week of no beach {I really haven’t been myself!} I went twice today! I also discovered that my phone camera can make vintage style photos.

I found a good heart stone for my collection. {I have over thirty now.} What was also really nice was the atmosphere down there today; a lovely lady came and asked for a ‘peek’ at my sketchbook and we had a scrummy art chat. There was some filming going on, looked like for a music video, and a gorgeous bounding dog came to see me.

Also, I’ve been umming and ahhing about doing Leah Piken Kolidas’ Art Every Day Month, and had decided I definitely wasn’t going to do it.

‘Not doing it’ apparently translates into me signing up and, in fact, doing it. I took my sketchbook to the beach, feeling massively uninspired, and did one oil pastel drawing and one pencil drawing. I am not happy with either but I am relishing the prospect of having a nudge to do something art related every day, especially as lately I’ve been doing pretty much bugger all.

What I also really love about Leah’s approach is how relaxed it is. You don’t HAVE to do art every day, it’s an encouragement and a way to share and be inspired by other people’s work. You don’t even have to join up today {or before}; you can join whenever. If you’d like to join in, the button on the right will take you there.

{oil pastel and black aquarelle pencil}

{HB pencil and a lot of rubbing out}

Happy November to you! Do leave a comment if you’re doing AEDM11 too; we can encourage each other.