Counterbalance

Knitting on my gray cardigan continues.  
(I'm deep into the second sleeve.) (Knitting flat.)  
(It is a big gray blob.)  
(Nothing to see here.)  
(Move along.)

So I'll show you something else.

When I had the flu a couple of weeks ago, my brain was in a deep fog.  I couldn't manage much.  I couldn't knit.  I couldn't read. My eyes hurt too much to watch tv.  But I could sit on the couch and doodle!  I grabbed a piece of illustration board and a black pen and I started drawing . . . grid shapes.  Then I got out my watercolor pencils and a paintbrush.  And I started doing this. . . 

It got me through those long, sick days.

There was not much to it.  Just grids.  Color.  And some shading.

I had so much fun with it, I kept going.  Even after I was feeling better.  Now it looks like this.

I think it's finished.  (Although I keep messing with it.)

Adding little details here and there.

Messing with the color.

It's a good . . . counterbalance . . . to knitting a big blob of gray cardigan!

How about YOU?  What are you making today?

 

 

Comments

[Juliann]

I love that art piece! It would look lovely on my wall - wink, wink

[Patty]

I love it! (Like you I am drawn to lines and grids.) I'm making a shawl with some wool from a sheep I sponsor. Hey what a great blog idea....hahahhahahhaha. :-)

[eileen]

You'r doodling is wonderful. I notice that you'r doodle coloring run along the same color value as you'r knitting. Amazing, how our brain works like that.
I too, am on sleeve island....ugh!

[Carole]

That's very very cool. I don't think I would ever attempt something like it - it's amazing what you create!

[Debbie]

I need to knit a second mitten...I finished the first one nearly two weeks ago! Instead of knitting that mitten, I've been playing around with a crewel work embroidery kit, it's slow going but I'm enjoying it.

[Debbie]

I forgot to mention that I think your painting is amazing!!!

[Bonny]

What great doodling and the perfect antidote to not being able to do anything except feel completely crappy!

[Kat]

That is simply awesome! What fun (although being sick not so much!) I love the little details you keep adding! If this is what you do when you feel crappy.... hoo boy!

(And, great blob knitting is not nearly as photogenic!)

[Margene]

This is a creative and rewarding way of doodling. This is a piece you could play with a add to for a long time to come. The change of color from light to dark, the gold really pops with all the deep blues and browns. Fun work!

[Vera]

Fun!! Reminds me of this morning's MDK post with the excerpt from the Kaffe Fassett book "Dreaming in Color." Great idea for those times when you can't do anything else!

[Geri]

Love the geometry of your drawing. Embellish away!

[Sarah]

That's an amazing piece! I hope you frame it! Are you familiar with Tomie dePaola? Your style reminds me a little of his.

I've been working on a hat in very old handspun, and it's so much fun to see how the colors play out because there was no color management whatsoever in the spinning.

[kathy b]

That is so cool. It seems medieval in feel to me. Dont know why? I love your creation.
Im working on fingerless mitts for Al

[Chloe]

I like it, It looks like it could be a great wall mural. I see the Tomie de Paola resemblance in the shading.

[Julia In KW]

That is so cool...and a wonderful contrast to gray blobs (no matter how great those blobs will be when they are all finished!😉)

[Jane]

That is lovely artwork. Just beautiful. I admire those who are creative with visual arts. Including you.

[Mary]

wow, Kym, I love it! ...and I can't help but think that MY brain on flu would look much like your gray cardigan. mush. not much shape. ;-)

[Vicki]

Oooh, I LOVE THAT!!!

[Honore´]

I just love watercolor pencils and I'm experimenting with them this year...your piece is wonderful . Do enjoy it and making many others. Glad you're feeling better!
Cheers~