A. musing. mama! 1.1

(true story).

Yes friends, Saturday morning mama comics is back by popular demand!

I wasn't planning on making this a 'regular' series... (since last's week silly sketch was just a fast, funny, rant about this stage of motherhood) but so many of you kindly encouraged me to keep up the sketching, so here we go!

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Confession: I never draw.

For years the dust has collected on my many sketchbooks.

I only, ever, paint.

Filling canvases, not paper, with my creations.

As a child/teen I used to draw constantly... cartooning a lot.

So this is sweetly nostalgic for me to embrace again.

 I'm now realizing that this is a delightful way to get a quick 'creative-fix' too!

While the kids are playing (nicely) for a nano-second... I can do a fast sketch.

No clutter of paints to unpack.. or sewing machine to heave on the table.

So now I keep sketchbook and pen at the ready.

Yes, pen.

I like the 'all out commitment' of using ink.

Pencils make me hesitate.. adjust... fix... slow down.

What you see is what I drew - with no parachute!

Oh, and hunched over the sketchbook - with tongue sticking out - is more how I roll.

Now, I won't promise that this will be an every.saturday.comic.series... unless I feel so inspired!

But I plan to keep using 'real life' events/comments made by our family as the fodder.

Which is why I kind of love this project - it records all the hilarity that is our daughter, and inspires me to get sketching again!

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Thus... I shall name it "A.musing.mama!"... get it?

yeah.

(Don't worry I think I'm funny... even if no one else laughs).

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*Speaking of funny.. stay tuned for Monday Mamalogues where I share just a few 'extras' of the crazy things our girl says... she just keeps cracking us up!*

Have a fun-filled weekend friends!

Mel ;o)