Balancing Botanicals

I seem to need to balance my sketching with color!  It was color time.



I wonder if I’ll feel that way if I actually start sketching in colored pencils….hmmm…



The image that inspired this drawing is from flickr……one of my favorite resources



It was hard…but I only allowed myself to use these Faber-Castell Pitt pens…no Sharpies nor Bic’s allowed.



Picked up this button while at a sports event about 8 years ago…..I need this gentle reminder….so easy for me to just keep my head down…and to the grindstone.  Just the way I’m made.



I like the negative space apparent to show the word here…Ideally I didn’t want to outline that word, but could not see another way around it for this drawing.



I’m happy with how this turned out.  I like the vibrancy of all that color balanced with the black and white on the other side. 

I am a huge fan of BALANCE. 

1. I need to balance my Duties-----with Freedom
2. My Work-----with Play
3. My Creativity-----with Analysis/ Science
4. My Color-----with Negative Space
5. My Research/ Study-----with Vegging Out.
6. My Losing it-----with Finding it….passion!

What surprised me after I started drawing this piece was what was showing up in my google reader.  Yep, many other blogs started talking about “balance”.  I think that’s the good ‘ole monkey effect of synchronization that I witnessed.  Love it!!  

And here are a few of the posts I’m referring to:

1. Creative Carmelina- Finding Balance
2. Daisy Yellow- What is your focus?
3. Shutter Sisters- Equal Day...Equal Night
4. Zen Habits- Change Muscle
5. Christine Kane- Let your body teach you about balance  (from 2009 but a good post)
6. Jeff Goins- How to improve your writing in one counter-intuitive way (2 mos ago)

Have you found your balance?  Do you sense when you’re getting out of balance?  I sure do!