Year of the Crow...or how to live in a Fantasy World

It is the beginning of a new year. Though it is hard to predict whether the year will be one to remember for better or ill, I am starting the year with good intentions. But you know what the old proverbial saying is, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions...".

So in starting the new year with said intentions just maybe my undoing. The other is to take things as they come or do nothing.

My health is slowing returning. Vitamin supplements, fruit, green tea and plenty of sleep aided in my return to a semblance of normality.

Below are some sketches that I have whipped out the past year...my goal is to get back to drawing on a regular basis and try to manage distractions..ie TV, PC games etc.

As I mentioned, these are just simple sketches, not what I would even consider "pieces". I am slow, usually due to the amount of detail I work into a piece and also slow to how I build compositions.

These were done in my Moleskine sketch books I carry with me to work. Fortunately I have time between calls to crank something small out. But serious pieces take much more time and dedication which means working at home into the wee hours of the night.

But in the end it is worth it. So here is to a new year...which I dubbed "Year of the Crow"...actually on February 7th it will become the Year of the Horse according to the Chinese Zodiac. But I have often been accused of living in a Fantasy World and I am too old to change.

Time for breakfast tea then work...