I am aiming for about 1hr 45mins tomorrow and have a route planned which I think is about 8m so should be about right. Coach Spans has suggested a 10mins run 1 min walk approach to tomorrow's run and 1m run 1 min walk next weekend. Whichever works best will be used at BM!
Yesterday I spent some money on ME!! Hubby didn't get me a Christmas pressie as he thought I could get whatever I wanted. So over the last couple of days I have done that.
The picture and teddy and last year's cushion were so gratefully received and appreciated that I thought I would try a picture for this year! The original plan was to do a picture for Grandma's birthday in March but it will probably end up as a Christmas Present! In which case I will do one picture for Grandma and one for Mum.
So I now have:
- A Watercolour and Sketching for beginners set
- A sketch pad
- A set of pencils/sharpener/rubber
- A book called Learn to Paint and Draw
The Watercolour set includes some paints and pallet as well as a smaller book and pad (+1 pencil and 2 brushes) and because the tin was dented was cheaper! So this now holds most things in it which is good! In all I've spent about £20 but if it works and I can do a decent picture I may need to buy some more paint. I also have some "watercolour pencils" which are coloured pencils that can be used to create a watercolour effect by either using a wet brush to take colour off the pencil or to colour the paper then "wash" with a damp brush!
I'm hoping that this will have 2 benefits
- Nice presents!
- Alternative stress relief
The stress relief thing relates to work and my other goal of losing weight (Bear has done really well hasn't he!). I comfort eat at work due to stress, boredom, frustration etc so this way I can hopefully start drawing instead of eating and therefore loss some weight (fingers crossed and all that!)
Long runs in the country provide lots of inspiration. My phone has a camera on it and I have a basic digital camera too.
I'm actually looking forward to this! I enjoyed the Disney pictures I did in October and if the worse comes to the worse I can always draw a Disney picture as mum loves Pooh Bear!! hehe
Anyway time to cook tea and drink wine! Cya!
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Its time i rediscovered my creative side
have a greta run tomorrow