Into the charcoal

I am not a charcoal artist. I use it to draw on acrylic, mostly
because you can take it off when the paint is dry, and not
see the lines you didn't want to last. I like that. It's more
of a map for me, than an expression. But tonight I had
a great talk via Skype with my friend Flora in Nova Scotia
who is one of the best artists I know.
http://floramary.wordpress.com/category/bear-river/
Currently she's renovating a huge (by Toronto standards)
very old, house in Bear River, and is still painting between
cleaning up and cleaning up after the renovating tasks.

Flora wanted to know what got into me? Why was I running
on yesterday about how people paint? She worried that I was saying
"why aren't you painting?," especially to her, when that was
the complete opposite of what I meant. It was a good lesson
for me. Stay positive. That's what I teach and what I believe
in. Susan Jeffers, who wrote Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway,
and recovered from cancer by being positive, says that airplanes
are off course most of the time, but when they go off they correct.
http://www.susanjeffers.com/home/index.cfm
So like the pilots I try and stay on course --stay positive, and I come
back when I go off.

Flora tonight
Skype image drawing
charcoal on watercolour paper
12 x 9 inches

Here's a little sketch I did from a Capture photo I took while
I was talking to Flora on Skype. I decided to try charcoal
because I didn't have time to paint, or time to draw with
markers. So wham -- here it is. Flora is much prettier than
this, but it was my first charcoal attempt ever -- so forgive me.
At art school we used conté, not charcoal.

Have a loving-your-medium day.