Finally! I have 2 weeks of annual leave. Lounging time. No specific plans. Nowhere in particular to go.
Maxi cat is extremely good at modelling proper relaxing behaviour. I need to learn from him.
Decided to take myself off to visit the Margaret Olley exhibition being held at GOMA. I love her work. Colourful! Capturing the mundane! Recording her surroundings! Prolific! Totally in luurrve.
One of her sketches of a typical Queenslander house backyard, with its little vegetable patch. Margaret Olley was also an urban sketcher!
Those are a couple of her pen and wash sketches of her trip to Malaysia.
I’ve been so slack with my painting and drawing lately. Need to up my game a bit before the ink dries up in my drawing pens. It’s rare that I don’t fill my time with all sorts of activities. These 2 weeks have been a real revelation. Deliberately chose not to plan anything or to even allow myself to THINK about work - so LIBERATING!
Here’s a summation of what I have been up to:
mindlessly surfing Pinterest
Watching trashy YouTube videos - but I can heartily recommend the following channels: Mind of Watercolour; LiZiQi; Graham Norton Chat Show; anything from BBC
Shopping (!!!!!!)
Sleeping
Pilates
Reading - I can also heartily recommend Dangerous Music by Eddie Ayres, a beautiful non-fiction book about his time teaching music in Afghanistan and his self-discovery journey; just started The Outlander series - I’m a soppy romantic, so this is right up my street…
Lazing on the couch
Must do this sort of holiday more often.
