AEDM 2020 - My Octopus Teacher

Hi everyone, 

In recent weeks, my son and I watched a Netflix documentary - My Octopus Teacher - which was so lovely. It was a heartfelt story following film maker, Craig Foster, over the course of a year where he connected with an octopus in the kelp forests off the coast of South Africa. He shows just how clever and intelligent these beautiful beings are.  It was heart-stopping in areas and quite emotional in others. I did cry but definitely worth watching.

So, I thought I'd sketch an octopus for the first day of Art Every Day Month. 

I sketched this beauty with a mix of ink, watercolour, and Prismacolor pencils in a Holcroft A5 sketchbook.

You can check out the work of other participants HERE. 

On another note, we had a super storm cell move through our area yesterday leaving a fair bit of damage in its wake.  A tennis ball-sized hailstone landed across the street from us but the majority of hailstones were around 1½" in diameter (the larger one in the pic below). Some areas reported hailstones the size of cricket balls! And, to think, we are only in spring. The worst of our summer storms usually hit in January/February. 

I guess we won't know if the roof sustained any damage until we have more rain. Damp bubbling spots on the ceiling are usually a clue. I hope that doesn't happen. 

I hope you all enjoyed a lovely Halloween/weekend. 

Love, Light and Peace to all.