Dot-to-dot and colouring - Fox

Wow! I forgot how much I really enjoy blogging for you guys. It's also a really good way of keeping some good memories for myself too.

Just over a week ago now, I wrote my first blog in ages and I had really enjoyed writing again for you guys so I actually started writing this one straight afterwards as well.

It was a little over a month ago now, I had a small amount of money spare and I had had a pretty horrible week at work so on my way home one Friday lunch time my husband told me to go out and treat myself. So I did!

I stopped at a supermarket on my way home and treated myself to some new PJ bottoms which could not be more perfect for me really. They're covered in sheep! and they're really colourful. I love them! I bought an adult dot-to-dot book, some colouring pencils and a packet of my favourite biscuits.

I just really needed some time to escape from the world for a bit so I went home, all phones and social media were turned off. I just had some relaxing music in the background, a nice cup of tea made ready to dunk my biscuits and I had a go at the dot-to-dot. I did have Henlow around for a bit of company but that was ok - about all I could cope with really, being sociable with him isn't exactly difficult!

He must be getting bigger than the last time you saw him.

Sorry, I went off on a little tangent there but hey - back to the dot-to-dot. I know this is going to sound ridiculous but it was actually not that easy. I'm not going to say it was really difficult - at the end of the day, my job is working with numbers all day - but it was't always that easy to find where to go next to make the pattern.

The first picture of the book was of a fox. I quite like that you don't know until you are part way through the drawing what it is actually going to be.

I really like the way that it turned out. I know that it's not exactly difficult to draw when someone else is telling you where to move your pencil from and to but I still like it. I always want to be able to draw and think that it should just be something that I should be able to do until I sit down with a blank piece of paper and then I have no idea what I'm doing.

It was really good but definitely needed some colour and at the end of the day, I think thats probably what I went in the shop looking for was a colouring book but I just couldn't find any with pictures in that I liked.

I was't 100% sure of the exact colours of a fox so google came in really handy with the photo that I found to copy.

He turned out looking like this!

I know that this was completely the part that I was waiting for - the colouring in. I used to love it as a kid! But if I do say so myself, I am really pleased with this one. It was a bit of a practice attempt really to see how the shading would work with the pencils that I have and everything but I loved it and am more than happy with the outcome.

If you haven't tried it yet - I'm sure a lot of you are thinking, "I just don't have time for that" or "colouring is for kids" but I have to say that it is a fantastic escape for an hour or so. You don't even have to be able to draw - you can start with a colour book or even just a page full of dots and create whatever you want. I could have coloured this in a luminous green colour if I'd have wanted and I'm sure it would have looked totally different. All that stops us is time and our own imaginations.

If you can then this week try to find yourself a little bit of time, even if it's just 15 minutes and completely escape from the rest of the world. You can, write, colour, draw, knit, sew, anything but just make sure you concentrate on you and only you for that little bit of time. And if you feel you can then please share with me what you create - I would love to see/read! Take care of yourselves and I'll see you next time,