I had fun with these. 1. BLAST. Mini trumpet 2. FIREFLY. 3. BUTTON.

I got a bit frustrated and overtried with the sugar skull, but stuck with it and found it to be okay in the end. Also, still enjoying the VQSs in 5 minutes or less. Did you know creative flow has been shown to reduce anxiety?

VQS's are my 'new thang' apparently. I find it mildly entertaining that I have trouble keeping my agreements with myself even for the easy and fun stuff sometimes. I'm gonna blame it on the fine weather and my need to get so many things done before SNOWBOARDING SEASON arrives (in like, a month!). I have been enjoying looking up or creating a prompt and then doing a quick, no pressure sketch of whatever I find that appeals to me, when I don't get any of my own ideas. I do like the firefly one (which is based on an image I found via a google search)--I drew it in ink first, no 'rehearsal' in pencil, and though far from perfect, it demanded a different level of attention than I sometimes give to a first sketch with pencil.

The near future workforce.

I had fun catching up on a lot of prompts today while I was doing like three other things (one of which was attending a class about trading/investing, hence the 'indicator' drawings where I combined my notes with my desire to sketch. That is what I call goal stacking! I love the idea of 'choosing a good enemy' or 'choosing your enemies as wisely as you choose your friends', especially since I believe we become what we push against/resist/hate eventually. Yin and Yang don't exactly choose to counter each other, however, they are simply caught in the endless churning from one into the other... For me this challenge is just about getting into a creative flow state and exploring new subjects--usually I don't seem to have much time, though I have been carving out a "Art Date" every Saturday for a couple months now, by holding the space for others in a group. Onward and Upward!