Sketchy

Some of you already know, but before I picked up the knitting needles, I was an avid artist.  Throughout my childhood, I was never far from a pencil. Mom knew the easiest way to occupy me was to give me a stack of paper, and something to draw with.

As the years progressed, I tended to stick with my favourite medium - coloured pencils. Though I've been known to do the odd watercolor now and again.

But then I found knitting. And you all know how hard that bug can bite. Over the past decade, I'm lucky if I pick up the pencils once a year (other than the odd doodling during boring work meetings.) But lately, maybe because of the low knitting mojo, I've been getting the itch to scratch out a few drawings.

So on Sunday, I dusted off my art supplies (literally), selected a photo for inspiration...

... and set to work

Not terrible - but I am definitely rusty. I actually made her look a little like her sister.... but it has been a while.

At least I managed to get my coloured pencils sorted once again

Let's see if I can give them a workout at least once a week.