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Well, well, well -- Welcome folks to the land of me re-engaging with the drawing of things!! :giggle:

When I had my first psychiatric hospitalization this year - amongst a lot of other things - we'd have a few groups about coping strategies and often some art based ones. Even in my second psych hospitalization, there were art therapy based groups and that further opened me up to creativity through a different medium of art. Back to the first one though - I got to create a lot of things - I painted a wooden leaf, I colored like a badass (more so after hospitalization-ish and WWL *my second one*), I made new bracelets and eventually I would take up drawing again. I've, like many people have, drawn a bunch when I was younger, made some doable enough works that I uploaded when I first joined DA but didn't have the interest in me to put in the work to improve or research about it or practicing it because I'd often scoff and want no part of it in that way... :blush:

But my friend Ali visited me once in the hospital and when she came we did some sketching together and it was really fun and she has her own cool style of being creative and imaginative when drawing that I have gradually been creating in myself as well. I know I still have my problem areas, but this time I want to get better and I'm often drawing here and there actually!

Drawing is a great coping mechanism for me. More often than not, when I draw I'm doing it to be grounded in the current reality (as my therapist would say), I'm shifting myself away from the dizzying mazes in my mind or the crashing waves of emotion and just focusing and relaxing as I focus so much of my energy into dragging that pen across the page. So for me, you may have to cringe or blind your eyes when you see some of these suckers. But they did their job - however demented they appear. XD

I would also probably have more luck if I didn't draw in pen... But mainly, my first inpatient in terms of drawing, reminded me that art can be truly anything. It reminded me to take notice of more 'simple' drawings, like those on ads, a little bee, a flower. Large designs, swirls, abstractions. And bring this together to....just draw. I'm already getting better with trees! YAY!

And lastly, I bought this little sketch book at Michael's for more on the go drawings, something small I can whip out and use, and because I'm not that good yet at the drawing hehe. It's been pretty awesome so far. Also, photo from my phone because it's taking me too long to use my camera or...have the space available for me to use it...

God, my descriptions are always so long. :cries:

[Drawn as the date says!]
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2448x2448px 1.12 MB
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BlackBerry
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BlackBerry Q10
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1166/20000 second
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F/2.2
Focal Length
4 mm
ISO Speed
70
Date Taken
Feb 16, 2015, 11:27:35 AM
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SageFillyLuna's avatar
ah yes you showed me this!!! you go doing art! you go girl!