During past few months I made a few more drawings; I drew a tea set, a brush and a flowering strawberry bush.
First of all, I have noticed that drawing gives me plenty of joy; especially when results of my work resemble the object I am drawing! After 2 hours of continuous sketching it is relieving to see that a picture similar to the model emerges on the paper.
But I am quite far from stating that the quality of my pictures is satisfactory; I have still many things to work on. I have noticed that I have a tendency to use a pencil as a crayon when I start to lose patience. The longer I work on one picture the less focused I am. I just wish to finish as soon as possible and I am literally colouring some parts of the drawing with pencil instead of focusing on showing the shadows and differences in brightness created by the light.
Also I have a great problem with being systematic; it is my general weakness not only with this activity and it has already made my life a bit more difficult so I try to fight it. It is discouraging that I experience it also during drawing. Being systematic is essential for completion of one of the Learning Outcomes - Showing perseverance and commitment. Now I set myself a goal to achieve: during summer holidays and in the following school year I am going to work on being systematic. I am willing to actually show my commitment to this and other activities I am involved in.
