Friday, March 26, 2010

Introducing My New Blog--Vickie's Sketchbook

You may wonder why I'm creating a new blog since Vickie Henderson Art is already an art and sketching blog.  My answer, there's more to share.  There's more to tell about the heart of sketching, why I love it, what it teaches me and what makes this intimate interaction with nature so peaceful, satisfying and healing.
All of that seemed enough of a variation on what I present here to launch a new blog.  Here I blog about nature, the discoveries I experience through my camera's lens and how it all comes together to inspire art.
In Vickie's Sketchbook, a companion to this blog, I'll share more about making art from the inside out, that interaction with the heart that eventually allows the artist to pour all that is seen and felt onto paper.  This isn't easy, by the way.  Our heart's are shy.  We often doubt ourselves and think we can't do it.  In fact, I have yet to sit down in a "public" place and sketch nature in my sketchbook.  Horror of horrors that someone might think I'm an artist and look over my shoulder!
Yes, I'm still shy, despite what it may seem. We all have hurdles to cross.  Some cross them younger, some cross them later in life.  But the hurdles are the same.  In the past five years, I've piloted an ultralight (with a reassuring instructor), crawled around in the three-foot confines of a muddy cave, driven alone cross-country to participate in a wilderness writing retreat, all of them new and challenging experiences.  And so you might ask, what's the big deal about sketching out in nature?  I don't know.  I'll let you know when I understand it!
Visit Vickie's Sketchbook from time to time and see what's happening!

Coming up next on this blog:  the Limpkin I promised weeks ago!

6 comments:

  1. Hi Vicki, I'm finally getting caught up with my blog reading & I will check Love your turkeys a few posts ago - I have written about them recently but do not have any recent or real good photos - you had good photos and great sketches. As always, even when I don't have time for comments, I enjoy your posts.

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  2. WOW Vickie, I love it! Congrats on your new site!

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  3. It's absolutely beautiful, Vickie! Hooray for you, I look forward to seeing what you put here...

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  4. Congrats on the new blog Vickie! I just started a new one too, this one focused just on writing. I can greatly relate to your comments about being shy. I am an introvert and can be very shy in person, but somehow it's easier to reveal these parts of myself online. Like you, I have tried some new adventures over the last few years, and look forward to doing the same on and on into the future. Having like-minded folks to share such adventures with makes it easier, I think. I look forward to peeking in on your sketching blog!

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  5. Your art deserves another blog..its wonderful,heartfelt and full of information..i look forward to seeing more of what you do..

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