Watch Out Da Vinci!!

So it is the start of summer, it is the start of school holidays, it's the start of the long weekend AND - IT'S FABULOUS FRIDAYS!!! 

Today's assignment is not long, or hard, or incredibly deep and introspective. After all, like I said, this weekend is all about relaxation and fun. Lets start off that way. Today's assignment should still make you think about how you see yourself. But, in a sort of fun way.

We're going to draw a picture.

I got the idea yesterday while I was playing with my daughter.  She asked me to draw a picture for her, since she always draws such lovely ones for me.  

So, I decided I would.  I can't draw.  Stickmen are my forte.  But I decided since she really wanted me to, I would try.  So I began drawing a picture of the two of us.  I drew her, with her gorgeous curls and brown eyes, and her long, tall body.  Then I started to draw me, and realized that the "person" I was drawing didn't look ANYTHING like me.  I mean, I am FAR from an artist, but this was ridiculous.  Other than having long brown hair, my person looked nothing like me.

It was the body.  I was drawing my standard "woman's body" that I've been drawing since I was about 9 years old.  (Which is as far as my artistic ability ever progressed.)  The problem was, my real body doesn't actually resemble the "standard woman's body".  So, I erased my pictorial body and started again.  

(Wouldn't it be great if it worked like that in real life?  "Oops!  I screwed up this body...ERASE...I'll just try again!")

Anyway, when I was done with my picture I had a drawing that, while hardly likely to win any art awards, was a much more accurate representation of me.  It's still not exact.  But it's closer.  I realized that it was important to me to show my daughter that I know what my body looks like, and I'm proud of it.  Proud enough to showcase it in crayon.  

So, that's my assignment for us this week. (I already went first!)  Draw a picture of yourself.  Don't come at it from a hateful place, but come at it from a realistic place.  Have a "pear shaped" body?  Draw it!  Got thick thighs? Draw it!  I think you'll be surprised to notice that the picture you draw of yourself is actually more lovely than what you expected.  That's what happened with mine. 

Wanna see it?  You gotta promise not to laugh.

Promise?

Okay...

Hey!!!  You promised!  

Happy Fabulous Friday!!!