My Poem 'Trying'. Illustrations to follow.

A poem I wrote early this year following the end of a terrible year battling heavy drinking, drugs,
and my nan's sudden death at Christmas.
I wrote the poem to express my feeling's about being stuck in a rut while I was excessively drinking and taking drugs to try and mask the depression and guilt I had following my nan's death.
The main focus in the poem is my struggle to move on and fight the drink and drugs,
even though everyone told be it would be in my best interest to do so,
and the fact that I wasn't/I'm not strong enough.

'Trying'

Someone once told me in a time of unknowing,
When you're going through hell, it's best to keep going.
I've reached the inferno, though through the abyss,
Over ponder and thought I've seemed to remiss.

I'm stuck in a hole dug from despair and torment,
The longer I go on, the longer my descent.
I want to give up, I want to give in,
Be who I am and wipe off this fake grin.

I'm half way through hell and as hard as I'm trying,
I can't shake this feeling of losing and dying.
I'm broken, I'm guilty, disappointing I cry,
Being weary of living but too scared to die.

I'm not after attention, nor am I a coward,
But with sadness and woe I feel overpowered.
I don't mean to annoy, to bore with my tears,
I have heard the 'tut's, I have heard the sneers.

And in my mind I've been convinced to think,
That I can abolish my feelings by downing a drink,
That forgetting the world and myself every night,
Will repair my mind and make everything right.

To tell you the truth, if these issues weren't mine,
And I had to sit and hear someone else whine,
About life, death and being afraid,
I'd think nothing of it and expect it to fade.

But I've felt like this forever, and nothing can shake it,
I've got drink, I've got drugs, so I'll grin and fake it.
I just want you to know that as much as I'm yearning,
I'm going through hell but I'm stuck and I'm burning.

Big Ben Emulsion Print.

LEVITATION!

My Nan, whom I love and miss very very much.

My watercolour painting of my late nan. This was pride of place at the wake after her funeral.
She died December 7th last year (2010). I miss her very much, especially this time of year.
Christmas isn't a happy time for me any more, I know I should use Christmas to celebrate her life, she loved Christmas, but I just can't. I seem to be the slowest healer in the family.

Cabbage; Flip, Rotate, Mirror, Flip, Rotate, Mirror.

Taken from my poem 'Trying'.

And in my mind I've been convinced to think,
That I can abolish my feeling's by dowing a drink,
That forgetting the world and myself every night,
Will repair my mind and make everything right.

Life Drawing! Naked Bob; Charcoal.

To follow the last post.

To follow my last post, this painting was the finished outcome of my 'Spectators' themed A2 Fine Art Exam. The painting itself stands at about 4 feet tall, and, like many paintings, has much more impact when viewed from a few meters back.

I used mostly acrylic paint for this piece, but did use a black fine liner for the shading on each face, I used pencil to create shadows from the heads in the white block hair.

First Blog. We shall begin with some pencil drawings.

 

I made these drawings during my A2 Level Fine Art exam 2 years ago, as part of my 'Spectators' theme.

I used a very rough technique during the shading and used only red colour on the lips, I made sure that the hair was blocked in with solid black, no matter what the subjects hair colour was, for example the two girls in the top image are very nearly bleach blonde.