There Is Always Time for Art

 

Blog 4

 

I already wrote this blog before I left for Germany on April 11, 2026. Therefore, this blog is shorter than usual. 

First, I share the last four March images, which I created after publishing my March blog.

 

 

The first image was influenced by my final Cartooning and Comics class of the winter semester at François Dupuis Recreation Centre in Orleans. I created an image of Patrick from SpongeBob. I don't recall my kids watching the show. However, they often talked about the characters. Therefore, it is a bit like a trip to the past.

If your child loves to draw, the spring semester runs from May 23 to June 13, 2026. This four-week session is a great opportunity to explore drawing and storytelling while creating their own unique comic.

For the last three days of March, I picked a tea cup from a recent café outing with my daughter. The cup and saucer were challenging to draw due to the perspective and ornate decorations. I almost wanted to switch subjects after the second day, but I persevered.
 

Here are the images from April 1 to 10. I am proud that I continued drawing daily, despite the visit of a friend from Germany and our week-long stay at the cottage, which included our Easter celebration with my family. Luckily, my friend Bob, who has been creating daily art for years, advised me to create my art either before everyone else got up or after everyone else was in bed. I chose the second option because I prefer to work until late at night, when everything is quiet around me.


After a delicious waffle breakfast on April 1, I drew the dish that evening. It was a complicated composition with many fruits.

 

  

Inspired by the Easter holidays, I chose a bunny sculpture for my practice. During the five days, I drew the bunny from different views. I created the first two images in 45 minutes, but needed an additional 30 minutes for the last three drawings. The easiest was the back view. The bunny looking to the left side felt the most challenging, maybe because I am right-handed. 

When I researched my theory, however, I found that many right-handed artists feel that drawing subjects looking to the left is easier. 

Here are some reasons I found online: 

• Right-handed people move their hand more comfortably towards the left across the page, away from their body, allowing for smoother, more controlled strokes. 
• Drawing a face looking left means the dominant hand doesn’t cover what has already been drawn, making proportions and details more clearly visible.
• Many right-handers find that drawing curves feels more fluid towards the left. 

Do you have a preference? 

 

On April 7, we went to the Wilno Tavern in Wilno, Ontario. Not only was the food delicious, but I loved the fresh carnations on each table. While we waited for our food, I sketched one in the sketchbook I always carry in my purse.

After we returned to the cottage, I created a coloured carnation with my watercolour pencils and a water brush. It's much darker than the ones on our table, but I got my shadows too dark, so I had to adjust the light pink of the flower to keep the balance.

Thinking about the last three days before my trip to Germany, I wondered what I could draw, considering that I would not have much time. We travelled home from the cottage on Friday and left for Germany on Saturday. I decided to reverse the order of my previous three-day projects, starting with a one-hour drawing. As the subject, I picked a landscape from our week at the cottage.

 

 

I will post the drawings from my trip and the additional May ones in my blog on May 29, 2026. 

Have a wonderful May and enjoy nature's blooming miracles!