Draw, Partner!

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

            Mary Kay Ash

(Courtesy of our lovely Jeanine LeRoy)

I say it all the time. I think I've said it here at F.O.L.  I cannot draw - "not even a straight line." There's another thing I cannot do - math. I am the typical math phobic girl, and have been since the sixth grade.

But here's the thing. I have recently faced a challenge that involved a lot of math, and guess what? It ended well! And along the way I realized that having run my own business, my own household, and brought up two children I actually have handled successfully all the math that was necessary.  So I started thinking, "If I actually can do math, then maybe I should try to draw something...." Surely my interest in art history and all the hours I've logged behind the camera have taught me something about color and composition? Deep breath.

"Try not. Do or do not. There is no try." 

                                   Yoda

So I went to Michael's and bought colored pastel and granite pencils, a sketch pad, and the cutest little beginner watercolor kit. Then I went online and found Jane Davenport's Draw Happy Class http://www.janedavenport.com/workshops/draw-happy-mini-workshop/ ,which she says she designed so that no one would ever say again the sentence "I can't draw!" Sounded perfect for me! And guess what? I am having so much fun! And I am drawing! Me?!
Check out my first little faces!

I've decided that it's time to change the stale, old messages in my brain. I can do math. I can draw. Hmmm...maybe that means I can do anything?

Maybe that means you can too!


"Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup!
You never know until you try."
                            (Song lyric -"Lonely people"
                          by America)