So, this transition (see last post) could not have come at a better time, actually. My having been home over the past few weeks has made a passel of personal issues a lot easier to deal with and in some cases resolve. I am getting used to this semi-retirement business and of course have a whole new routine going. There are a lot of details still to attend to, but I do love me some paperwork, so that's all good. The days are full with tasks and chores, all to good effect.
I have had more time to focus on my cartooning as well (see Talent Not Guaranteed on the sidebar), working my way up from daily mini-sketches to inked warmups. I'll be taking some more online classes soon, too: Graphic Design for Beginners Short Course at Central Saint Martins College, part of the University of the Arts in London, and Intro to Cartooning at Syn Studio Art School in Montreal. The Drawing and 2D Design classes at Emily Carr helped me find focus in what I really want to do (and what I don't want to do); hopefully these courses will help me kick start a deeper and more consistent art practice. In the meantime, daily habitude is where it's at.
Of course, these also more time of ukulele practice and reading (trying to work my way through The Dawn of Everything right now). In fact, the only downside so far has been the weather - I managed a few early-morning walks, but lately it have been raining from dawn till noon, so constitutionals have been relegated to the afternoon again.
But it's good weather for ducks.
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