pardon me - I'm a fan of Black!

It is VERY possible that after reading THIS post & watching the U-Tube - you might think that I need a brain transplant!!!

The thing is - I was born & bred on 'the man in black' so when I saw this I really laughed out loud - what a hoot!  I just wanted to share it with you for a laugh!  

On with the ART - here are my next daily challenges - A Hand or Hands & Eye or Sun Glasses.    It was with MIXED feelings that I handed back The Princess today - my Tour of fulltime Nonna Duty is over.  I have spent the afternoon cleaning, clearing & decluttering all of the 'toddler' paraphenalia that just happens along the way. (My DH loves having the grandies here, but he hates 'baby stuff' everywhere, so I am quick to clear it once they go) 

I have been pretty limited to drawing the last few weeks, so I am really looking forward to getting my hands in some paint tomorrow.  Tonight I am just regrouping, getting a handle on where certain projects are at & making an Art 'TO DO' list for the week.... I am looking forward to a little solitude & days that are not regulated around naps & meal times.  It's been a special time - lovely & I am really glad to have had this time with her.



There's a bit of a story to the 'hand' pic as I am one of those directionally challenged people that doesn't know my left from right.  I can already hear you laughing!  It's absolutely TRUE!!!  I cannot instinctively tell you which is left or right or veer in that direction when driving.  My husband & children have made fun of me for years, but it all started way back when I began primary school (?elementary school? - anyways about 5 yo) I was born left handed.  The thinking at the time (WHAT were they thinking!) was that this was a disability & needed to be trained out of a child!  I endured all kinds of things like having one hand tied to my desk, ruler on the knuckles, hand bandaged behind my back, etc, til I was 'trained' not to use my left hand.  Now I am mostly right handed - there are things I do with either hand - but very little that I ONLY do with my left hand.  This is ALL a bit Draconian for the liberal & inclusive method of today's class room - and no, I didn't go to any wierd, obscure school - just  a plain ol' public school in a Melbourne suburb.  About 5 years ago I had a client that was about my age & had suffered the same fate & had the same problem.  He was a doctor!  It's just one of those odd quirky things about me.  Anyways I have a scar in the 'web' between my left thumb & forefinger - a legacy of a childhood bug catching incident.  Whenever I have that scary disorienting feeling of not knowing left from right - this is my reference point & I feel my hand - visualize the incidence & then am able to know left or right.

The challenge that followed was to draw either eye or sun glasses.  I have several of those generic purchase 'x level magnification' type of eye glasses which I wear most of the time I am on the computer, drawing or reading.  I have pictured them here, folded over one of the books I have been reading lately on watercolour techniques by Claudia Nice......