Somedays my eyes do better than others. The double vision isn’t as bad and I even sketch without my glasses, getting something that comes close to what I saw.
Even in 2019 I was learning to live with the absence of dependable and repeatable results. Then it would drive me nuts and I would mutter and stomp around the house. (Since it wasn’t the Pandemic Dick wasn’t around to hear me do that; I worked at home before the Pandemic, he only started working at home because of the Pandemic.)
In the intervening time I’ve been able to work out a couple things that help my eye situation. Wearing a long-billed ball cap throughout my waking hours is the number one thing I can do to prolong the time I have with OK vision.
Everything else is up for grabs. But I keep refining things. Trying new things—remind myself to not over work my eyes one day and expect them to be good the next. Sometimes I even taunt myself by not wearing my glasses at all, since they are of little use.
Overall I’m simply grateful I have time and inclination to draw. And that I’m so stubborn.
I am grateful to be part of your community. Thank You!
I’m glad your are Eleanor! Thanks for stopping by.
I’m extremely pleased that you don’t toss it in and to see you hanging in there and overcoming the challenges is a really good lesson for all of us. Marvelous work so please keep at it. Many thanks, Frank
Thanks Frank, I appreciate your kind thoughts and encouragement.
Yes, close work with no glasses and distance can’t see, so always relying on my intuition which is lacking at times ! thanks for you just for fun! peggy
Well Peggy keep using your intuition and aiming for fun. Hang in there!
I’m glad you could work out ways to work around the eye issues. Being stubborn is a generally undervalued asset.
Thanks Sharon, and yes it can be undervalued. I’ve celebrated my stubbornness all my life, usually in direct response to people telling me I was such when they wanted me to do something their way.