October 12, 2007 Day 176
I didn't realize how tense I was today until my brother Bob called. After he told me that I should start imitating the impressionists in my painting, I hurled a few expletives at him and hung up the phone. Bob is always coming up with ideas for other people to execute, and usually I just let him go on about it and then ignore his advice. I think this habit is his way of trying to connect with people. At least, I hope there is something positive behind it, because it is continually annoying at best, and today drove me to the breaking point.
Adrian just stopped by to chat, and we laughed about the phone call with Bob. I know Bob won't take offense at my hanging up on him, but will use the incident as material for a good story to tell the next person he talks to.
In my drawing today, I used a variety of black and gray pens--fine point, calligraphy and brush. It took me a while to get into the groove.
Drawing #178 9" x 12"
Tomorrow is the first day of the Art Trail open studio weekends. Myabe I am more nervous about it than I had realized. That could be the cause of my tension. Or maybe it's because I'm hyper this week and have been getting up at 5 a.m. Or all of the above.
Now I will pick up Mike and Rachel. An afternoon with grandkids is always good for reducing tension.
(Note: There is a gap between the dates I'm writing and posting in order to give me time to get ahead in case we travel and I'm not able to post.)
