Just Call me Gnat Girl ...

So Why Gnat Girl you may ask 

well basically I have come to understand that I have the attention span of a gnat

of course this is assuming that gnats have a poor attention span

for all I know they may have super hero type focus powers

but I am assuming that the cliche is a cliche for a reason

and all this kind of reinforces what I am trying to say because

I obviously have a distraction issue

I had every intention of spending the early part of the week

happily getting the painting of Manon's amazing tea tin finished

after it had been so rudely interrupted by last week's snot attack

or maybe even complete a couple of the other million drawings I have on my desk

but then a Zeta sketchbook from Stillman and Birn arrived in my hands

courtesy of the uber wonderful Dion Dior which meant that I had to try it immediately

I was beyond excited to see Dion's painting on the front cover

and in the space of time it took me to get the wrapping off it

all my good intentions of finishing work I had started flew straight out of my head

I have been obsessing about the thought of smooth white heavy paper in sketchbook form

and was a touch worried that I had built it up in my head to be crazy perfect

and that it would fall short in reality... 

but I have to say this is one very cool paper and sketchbook

I threw everything but the kitchen sink at it

and the only reason I didn't throw the sink at it is because it is full of dishes

I used pen, ink, watercolour, and gouache in multiple washes

I even managed to leave a water well pen on the page and it leaked on the page

but there still no buckle, and the paper is gloriously and perfectly white

I think I have found a sketchbook that can stand up to my haphazard way of working

So now my Zeta obsession has been momentarily satisfied

I can put Gnat Girl to rest for a little while and get busy on my desk full of work ...xx

My last two posts links are here ...

Snot Face Sketches ....

A Few Things That Suck ...