I just finished a sketch of a Thai scene (thanks and link to Linda Lewis), from a lovely sketch that Linda shared on Apr. 7th! That’s how far behind I am on my sketching. That is on the list of several I’ve saved from Linda to help me learn and stay motivated. It was one of her first Thai scenes with all the wires! I don’t know if I did it justice or not, but will share it anyway.
This Thai street scene sketch is modeled from the one Linda did on Apr. 7th, 2026 and you can find it here on her blog: https://creativeartworksblog.com/2026/04/07/tuesday-4-7-2026/
I have another Integrating the spirals blog in draft, but waiting to make the video for it, so it can wait.
Art takes precedence for me today since I am in shoulder/arm/back pain AGAIN. Ugh! I do NOT know what I did, but I have had to take a break from the hanging mobility exercises. And to think, that was what got me out of the pain for the last 2 months! I just don’t know.
On top of that, I am aggravated because I finally had my Zoom call with my new doctor’s office (the one in Maine I went to nearly two months ago for all the testing and blood labs) and they did NOT give me much new information to go on. Plus they wanted $2500 for a membership just to save me on all the prescriptions and supplements they were going to recommend. NOPE! I ordered the bare minimum supplements from them and will discuss the rest with my local naturopathic doctors (husband and wife docs). I’m all slathered up with Stopain and the like (topical pain relievers since I don’t take Ibuprofen or such), just to be able to type! I also ordered more of the herb pain tonic too (from Christina at Herbal-Cottage in Florida). It’s a godsend for nerve pain relief.
I did enjoy sketching this scene and think it helped take my mind off this pain. I did the whole sketch with a brown pencil that did not erase well. So, anything I felt I needed to change, I took care of when I began coloring with the oil pastels. I’m learning now to only shade one side of pots with color to allow for the light that might be shining on them from the top/other side. Let me know if that worked well. I loved the spirals in this, but of course!
I continue to remind myself that Art can communicate more than words and not only connects us all, but makes new neural pathway connections in the brain too! Ah, the brain is such a funny (odd, not haha funny) and mysterious organ of the body.
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