Ticking over

I've not done much in the way of artwork this week. I'm still working on the statue picture, my WIP is below:

And I've given myself a new challenge. My favourite flowers are daffodils, and I've just bought a fresh bunch today. So everyday I'm going to draw the daffodil, from being closed, to opening up, to wilting and dying. At least then I'll get something done!

Anyway, I thought I would give you all a little of my current status in life. Hopefully this will explain the lack of any new material. I'm halfway through watching season 4 of Breaking Bad, I like to sleep a lot, and I'm overweight and seriously trying to lose weight now. Unfortunately the combination of the above means it leaves very little time during the week to sketch. Most weeknights I come home and eat dinner and clean up, prepare my food for the next day, go for a walk, sit down and watch an episode of Breaking Bad, catch up on the day's social media & news, then go to bed. In regards to my weight I joined Slimming World 3 weeks ago, and it seems to be working. Over the years I've a number of times to exercise, joining a gym or doing Insanity workouts, but because my eating habits were bad I've never lost more than a few pounds. On the BMI scale I'm at 29. Obese is 30. And this year got to a point where I'm sick of wearing the same old t-shirt and jeans combo, I want to wear clothes that look and fit nice. Slimming world is all about eating healthily, mostly raw food, and I prepare it every night for the following day. However this takes up quite a bit of time.

I've already improved on making sketching a daily habit. I'm seriously considering giving up Facebook again. I did so for a month last year, and felt liberated by it. However I missed the photo's my best friend used to put on of her young son. But that doesn't seem to happen as often now. And when I had got rid of Facebook I found I wasn't procrastinating as much. So we'll see.

Anyway, after those rather boring paragraphs of myself, let's see of the tasks I set for myself what I completed and what I didn't:

Actively participate in an active art forum - not done
Critic at least one piece of art - not done
Try to promote my blog at least once - half done, again I only posted it to Twitter
Start a graphic design piece for my portfolio - done! 😊 I wasn't sure what to work on. Last year my partner and I talked about running our own mobile food business, specialising in coffee and cake. So he suggested I work on our logo. The only trouble is we haven't decided on a name yet. So at the moment I only have a quick 5 minute sketch. But at least I've started something!

To try and kick my arse into gear with my tasks if any of you have anything you'd like critiquing please let me know in the comments below. Have a good week!