Accidental art therapy

(not tiny monster penises)

Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

Hello, friend!

This week I revisited the Lynda Barry Making Comics book because I was on book tour and a tiny sketch book was easy to bring along on plane rides. The exercises were out of my comfort zone but sometimes I think that can be a good thing. This exercise was called “Close your eyes and draw a mermaid.”

Another was to choose a character and sketch their entire life cycle. I chose Beyoncé the Giant Metal Chicken, obviously:

I did a self-portrait…sort of:

And drew with both hands at the same time, which is much harder than it sounds: (snip-MORE; go see!)