After going through this year’s Inktober challenge and spending all of October making nothing but black and white drawings, I was craving colour. So I decided to do some free-form paintings using whatever colours my heart desired. I gravitate to purples and blues most, it seems, which makes sense. I do love those colours.

Then, after getting that out of my system in the first part of November, I took a bit of a break. I did do some sketching here and there, and a rough painting or two, but overall I was on a bit of a hiatus from any “polished” art. I mostly filled up sheets with several random overlapping doodles, which is something I remember doing a lot as a child. It felt really cool to reconnect with this form of creating art, because I find this to be a very theraputic way to draw. I’m not sure how to explain the feeling other than to liken it to meditation. As I write this and look back on these collage-type images that I made, I feel inspired to do more of them.

Now it’s December, and I’m spending more and more time thinking about the upcoming holidays and all the gifts I have to get together, and the shopping I have to do, and all that kind of stuff. It’s stressful, but also exciting. I don’t have as much time as I’d like to do artwork, and I’m only going to get busier as the month progresses, but hopefully I’ll still find some time to make something for myself. I always feel better when I’m creating things.