Today was very odd. Yesterday I was fired up and excited about starting the new 100 Day Project, and then today I was feeling very blocked. No, not blocked, tight. I know why – I am used to sharing my art here, and I’m comfortable with that, but this project also has the social media element added, and that (potentially) has a wider audience, especially on Bluesky, and that makes me feel exposed.
I eventually got stuck in, starting with my twenty minute graphite sketch opener, which just confirmed how tight I was feeling. Then I got started with my mini portrait.
I fought with it all the way, and I realised half way through that the reference wasn’t the best choice for Day 1, because the face itself is quite small, and I was too tight. I persevered, and the strange thing is that if I was just posting it here, I wouldn’t be at all bothered by it.
Ugh.
I am observing all this in myself, because I know this is just the inner critic desperate for some self sabotage. I’m absolutely fine with wonky, lol.
After I finished her, I went into my sketchbook to fill some pages with scratchy paint sketches, to make myself feel better.
The whole point of the 100 Day Project is to start somewhere and improve.
I’m winning.
Lol
Til the morn,
Suzanne
372/400
Thrummie Bizzum 
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