Help! I’ve fallen and can’t reach my pencils.

Posted by William Lehman

April 23, 2007

I’ve noticed that it’s hard to draw effectively when you are in pain. I hurt my back today. My dad hauls scrap metal and called me this morning to help him out on a job. I hurt myself lifting some 400 lb obsolete farm implements onto his truck.

But it’s a poor excuse in the lack of actual artwork or writing that has been done lately. I’ve gotten busy and slightly burnt out over the last few weeks. It may have been Easter followed quickly by trying to get out of town for a few days to visit family and friends (and a pretty cool castle).

For some reason, I have the ongoing problem of sketch books turning into note journals, filled more with writing and half finished sketches so I have turned to only using index cards in place of sketch books. I’ve long been a fan of blank index cards. They are cheap, sturdy tag board, that loves to soak up ink and pencil and are easy to carry around.

This allows me to continue my art on a small scale when other life events overwhelm me. When back pain keeps me from the larger projects and when I don’t have the time for a larger canvas. I can focus on something small.

Life