One Finished and 4 To Start

This week has been more "normal" than past weeks. I still have not been able to keep my "one drawing a day" challenge this week, but I was able to finish a commission. I should clarify that my "one drawing a day" is a small 5"x7" line drawing. The other drawings, commissions and portfolio drawings, are my detailed value drawings, that, on average, take between 20 and 50 hours over the course of a few weeks to many months. At times I need to focus my efforts on drawing my value drawings over my daily line drawings.

The commission I finished was a drawing of my family friends, The Boykins. Last year they purchased a gift certificate of mine from the Heart of Hope Silent Auction. Heart of Hope is the non-profit international ministry organization that focuses their missionary work in Romania. I have been apart of going on mission with this organization for 3 years. Below is the drawing that resulted from last year's Auction Gift Certificate.

Finishing a drawing always gives me hope that I can complete drawings. That might sound a little funny, because I know in my head that I can finish drawings, but sometimes it takes so long that I feel I will never finish. So right on the heals of finishing a commission, I now have 4 new commissions and a personal commission to start and try to complete by the end of January. I would like to say that this would be no problem for me to accomplish, however, I know myself well enough to know that completing these drawings is going to take a lot of hard work, long hours and focus during the time of year when distractions, gatherings and events are plentiful. All of this on top of drawing classes, holiday travel and the SCIART Holiday Market coming soon.

I'm getting ready for a very busy drawing season! I better start this all off with a good night sleep.