The blank page

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It's been a long time since I've posted and, I'm ashamed to admit, even longer since I've sat down to do some sketching in my sketchbook. I always seem to run out of time between working, making dinner, laundry, etc. There always seems to be SOMETHING ELSE that I need to do.

Then it dawned on me today: have I been stalling? Not necessarily making up things to do, but putting more importance than necessary on other things and purposely trying to FIND other things to do so that I don't have to deal with the the scaryness of a blank page? Hmmm. That had never ocurred to me before.

I finally sat down this evening to sketch, and I have to admit it was hard. I stared at that blank page for a long time. Then I remembered something one of my art professors told me...he said that he always doodled and scribbled on paper until it began to vaguely resemble something and that's how he would come up with his drawings. I tried that and it helped loosen me up somewhat. I hope that I can continue to take 15-20 minutes on a regular basis to just sketch...and see what happens.