Hisashiburi! (“It’s been a while!” in Japanese)…so yeah, I was away on holiday, plus a LONG trip to Europe for, also holiday but also a conference (pics here) and I hadn’t posted any new art, and to be honest well I haven’t really made anything “complete”, but one thing I have been learning recently is to stop worrying about not having “completed” art, or “perfected” works, and just doing it, just gettting it out there. Sometimes we artists worry way too much about getting it right, that we never actually get anything done. This can lead to slumps and even depression.

The joy of being an artist (for me) is to DO art, that is the joy of my life. So, who cares if its not perfect/complete/done/etc?

Ok, a bit of a ramble there, but anyways, here are two sketches, the most up to date art I have done:

I was just sitting one afternoon in my (tiny Japanese) apartment having tea and the light hit my glass teapot so nicely I just HAD to draw it…I was having a very nice vanilla tea I had bought in Switzerland this past summer.

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This I made literally hours ago, in class, while listening to my teacher talk to some guests students from Germany that we are currently hosting at our school. Guess this is what was actually on my mind at the time *smirk*

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Actually, when I spoke to one of the guest students, she told me that she did a project where she made herself draw one picture every morning, and then after she had a bunch done, she published a book with the drawings. She said that she realized she wanted to be a “drawer” (that’s the word they use in Germany, at least in her school, to refer to artists whose main focus is to draw, as opposed to paining), and that if she wanted to be such, she should really draw everyday! So she did that project…and it got me thinking, hm, well I think I will try it. That, plus I still want to work on my webcomic about Kyoto, but that one will have to wait till I’m done with my Graduation Project (I’ll talk about that another time…)

Peace! ~