Hi, guys!
Today we managed to walk with the dog, and even walk for more than an hour. This is so cool, it hasn't been like this in a long time. Usually, much less time passed between air raid alerts.
We met a very friendly Jack Russell Terrier, the little one played with him for a long time. It's very sweet and very strange at the same time - trying to live a normal life, watching the dogs play, and the war is still going on and it's still not clear how it will end. Every morning I wake up with the hope of reading the news that everything, everything is over, and now everything will be fine again. Albeit in a different way, but without the horrors that have been experienced over the past few months.
I continue to study at the portrait course, but so far I will not show anything new, and here, why. At the moment, I do mostly short test tasks, and they do not work out very well for me. As I said, the course suggests that I have to learn how to stylize, and I'm used to working in a style close to realism. And it turns out that at the moment two principles are fighting inside me. One wants to learn a new technique and understand how to work with it, while the other recognizes only realistic drawing and believes that everything else is not worthy of attention (although I myself do not think so).
So it turns out that my difficulties with drawing at the moment are more psychological than related to skill. I can’t relax and do what I’m doing, I’m constantly trying to reach back into realism, and this is exactly what you don’t need to do.
In the meantime, small shops continue to open, and I have the opportunity to buy myself a normal sketchbook. Very thick, will last a long time. Or not for very long, if I still manage to start actively drawing. For now, it's still hard.
Of all the things I did before the war, I miss music very much. I have a flute with me, but there is absolutely nowhere to practice, there is no place where I could come and not disturb anyone. And I really want to play, I really miss it. As soon as I get home I will immediately start playing again, I literally can not wait for this day.
Take care of yourself and your loved ones:)