You win some ...

So today has been a mixture of success and failure.

I did do my first day of the C25K programme. I thought I was going to be sick, but I did do it. Plus I've found a couple of other Facebook friends who have both started today by some happenstance, so there's an incentive to keep going.

I did watch the first few parts of the Learn to Draw Portraits YouTube feed. But when I clicked on the link to download the exercises, it no longer works. Now I'm kicking myself because when I had first come across these wonderful tutorials several months ago, the website was up and running. Grrrr. A clear lesson in not putting off until tomorrow ...

But hey. On the plus side I went to a very interesting Rugby Artists' Group talk given by Katharine Barker. She started her career as a textiles restorer in the V&A after going to art college, but in recent years has moved to painting as well as studying for a BSc through the OU. Fascinating work exploring decay and change in textiles and pigments.

And most exciting of all, Bridget Aldridge was there and had brought with her my 40th birthday present from my parents! My first proper piece of original art - a ceramic torso sculpture. Stunning :-)

So, I need a Plan B for the drawing course. I'm sure there's plenty of other stuff on youtube, but Eclectic Art Asylum had a particularly interesting and engaging approach to drawing that I thought would work well for me. Tomorrow? I must do the academic work needed for my teacher training course, which is a series of observations and analyses on my placement week. It's not going to write itself ...