I was out in the shed the other day and found some of my old drawings. Thought it would be fun to share them with you.

I consider myself an amateur artist when it comes to illustration, but I did actually go to art school. I have a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Multimedia Design, which amounts to a general knowledge of a broad spectrum of visual art, both digital media and traditional.

I prefer to write or sing, rather than draw, but I do enjoy visual art. Maybe one day I’ll bring out my charcoals and pastels again.

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Original drawing by Katrina Ariel

Mountain Dreaming.

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I really like this one. I think I just used ink and brush. Trees and mountains, mountains and trees.

I went to art school outside of Chicago. All I wanted to do was get back to the mountains. My family left Colorado when I was twelve, and I am simply not a prairie girl, or a city girl.

I am a mountain mama—it’s in my blood.

As soon as I got my degree, I packed my car and drove to Whistler, BC. I've lived in the mountains ever since.

Original drawing by Katrina Ariel

Sacred Things...

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Candles and a dead rose, the wooden mug I got from Renaissance Faire, a dark room… These were some of my sacred items at the time.

I probably had an assignment to do a still life drawing or to play with shadow, and this is what happened. Charcoal.

I’m not especially impressed with this one, and I’m actually not keeping it. A lot of my old art will probably go in the fire, ‘cause I simply have too much stuff.

But I’ll keep the mountain painting, and a few others.

I’ll bring out another drawing I unearthed in one of my next posts. The days have been so busy, I'm doing what I can when I can on the blockchain.

But I'm happy to report that this day, which began a bit rough (as evidenced in my last poem), turned into a really good day. It's almost midnight. I'm happy. I think I'll sleep well. I hope you have a wonderful day/night, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks so much for reading!

Take care of yourself, you are a gift!

Peace. @katrina-ariel

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Author bio: Katrina Ariel is an old-soul rebel, musician, tree-hugging yogini, and mama bear to twins. Author of Yoga for Dragon Riders (non-fiction) and Wild Horse Heart (romance), she's another free-spirit swimming in the ocean of Steemit.

dragon art: Liiga Smilshkalne

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