Art:

Last week I thought of this technique. I’m using three ways to hold my pencil. Starting with the background I hold my pencil almost on it’s side. Not applying to much pressure. Just grazing the paper. That way you get a nice thin layer of color which you can blend with a piece of paper.

Next applying a little more pressure I drew the sun, the airplane condensation trail and the waves. And finely holding the pencil the way you hold your pen I drew in the sailing boat.

Sailing into the sunset

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Blog:

Last week Tuesday I had a bit of a scare. I wanted to draw this picture but I was very restless. So much so that after only a few seconds of drawing I decided I couldn’t draw anymore and I tore up the sheet of paper. After that I had a few scary days in which I thought that I might as well stop with this website before I realized what the problems were.

I had two problems. One of which I will discuss now, the other one tomorrow.

After deciding that I wanted to reach a point where I could live from this website I started reading about techniques to get people to read your website and to monotize your website. As you can see I found a lot of interesting plugins and upgrades: An archive, a page that lists the links I use in my posts and a Feedburner feed are the most visual updates. There are some more but they make the process of blogging a little easier.

Although it’s a lot of fun to read about plugins and other stuff that can make blogging more fun for myself and my readers there is one problem. Autistics can only concentrate on one task at a time.

So while I’m thinking about all the pretty things I could do with my site, I’m not thinking about the next drawing I want to make.

The web logo I’ve added to the address bar will be the last update for a while. The next few weeks I will concentrate on the production of drawings.

(Don’t strain your eyes trying to see what the logo is. It’s just a bit of abstract art.)

The other thing I realized is that I need structure. I need a schedule so I’ll know when I’m expected to post again.

It seems to me that I should go on as I started. Which means that the Monday is the first day of my posting week. Especially since I will be producing most of my drawings on monday. I’ll post one drawing a day for as long as I have drawings. And then start again the next week.