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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

frustration

frustration by vickylw
frustration, a photo by vickylw on Flickr.
I had an appointment with a doctor Tuesday to discuss the results of x-rays and MRI on my hip and back --- only to find out that the MRI department had imaged my hip but not my back, even though both were ordered. So a pointless appointment and once more being stuffed like a sausage in the tube . . .

I was determined not to sketch more waiting rooms, but drew this decoration as I waited out of sheer frustration. His goofy grin helped me calm down and even laugh about the mistake. Good use of an art journal.

11 comments:

  1. Very cute kathy

    And as you say a sketchbook is a good diversion in less happy times

    I would like to thank you for your wonderful book - reading/browsing through it again and again...hopefully some of it will soak in

    gill q

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    1. Thanks for your comments! I agree, the book is wonderful! I'm Vicky, not Cathy -- one of the artists she invited to be in the book.. She set this blog up with multiple contributors.

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  2. Oh, Vicky, I am SO sorry for your frustration! Maddening...but you made wonderful use of your time, as always. And hooray, you found the stamp! Fun, isn't it? I like the spongework, too, it adds interest and texture...

    And Gill, thank you! Look at the list of wonderful co-authors in the sidebar at right. I was SO fortunate to have them be part of the book as well as the blog.

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    1. What looks like sponge work is actually another rubber stamp! But for some reason, I couldn't get the whole thing inked.

      How do you load stamps with watercolor? I can't seem to make that work.

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    2. Well cool! I usually pat the stamp onto the stamp pad, but I never seem to get an even inking, either! I don't usually use watercolor, but acrylics or acrylic ink...it works best to soak a small pad of paper towels and then use that like a stamp pad...

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    3. There were several interesting "texture" stamps. Thanks for the hints -- I don't have any acrylics but will buy some to try the paper towel "pad".

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    4. You can also pat the stamp with an ink-filled sponge or cloth, as if you were using a brayer and linoleum print!

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    5. Oh, the sponge idea is brilliant! (as in, why didn't I think of that?) --- much less waste!

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  3. Aha! I have not yet sketched a waiting room, but might likely get the opportunity as I have my own nuerologist appointment tomorrow :) Thanks for giving me the idea! I took pics at the laundromat the other day to incorporate into a journal sketch at a later date, too...

    Love your snowman. Sorry that you have to go through the scan again... but at least we are living in a day and age when they have the technology to find out what's going on and where... at least, that's what I tell myself ;) Best of luck!

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    1. I am grateful for the technologies and the wisdom the Creator has given to man . . . . but sometimes I forget to allow for human failure. Thank God, He is in control -- of your medical appointment tomorrow as well as the results for both of us. Praying for you!

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  4. THANK YOU!!! It is a blessing to have friends who pray in agreement :) If my journal sketch ends up being something I like, I'll post it up on my blog.

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