Daily Sketches

Been thinking lately about the nitty gritty, (imagine I've said it in a faux mexican accent like in 'Nacho Libre', 'Lez get down to de neeety greeeety'.
I mean the nitty gritty of life, the daily discipline kind of things.

I recently joined a gym and have been going fairly regularly. I hate going and it's really not getting any easier, especially when I have to pray to Jesus for the strength to walk home without keeling over from exhaustion in a wailing heap. (I'm slightly exaggerating but it feels like that some times!)

One of the daily disciplines I've actually been enjoying is doing my daily sketches. The idea came to me a couple of weeks ago out of a desire to improve my ability to draw/paint faces. I usually spend no more than 20 minutes on a sketch and it really helps me not to be perfectionist.
Here are some of my daily sketches, I'm really pleased with them..

I usually draw the faces from photos of random people I find on the internet. 

(My children resolutely refuse to sit for me to draw them.)

The amazing thing about doing a daily creative activity is how much it affects everything else. I feel much more enthusiastic and motivated about other things (except the gym!). So I hope I can keep it up, my aim is to keep doing the daily sketches until the end of January, but who knows, it may continue. One of my biggest struggles is with staying consistent and sticking with things, but so far so good, so I'm hopeful.

Oh and do have a look at my Etsy shop if you haven't already.

 I've listed some paintings on there as well as my bags. Here's the link:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Ayozie

Thanks and Much love.

xxx