Completed Challenge 6# - Life Drawing

Sitting outside the venue this morning watching seasoned artists dragging in their easels I was seriously tempted to do a runner. But my lovely friend Jen arrived who always puts people at ease and I figured if nothing else it would be a laugh. Jen has wanted to do life drawing for ages so challenging me was the push she needed. As the instrutor referred to her drawing as "luminous" at the end I think she has a real chance for keeping going.

As for me...you can judge for yourselves! I have stated from the beginning I'm not skilled at drawing and somewhat of a prude so this was going to be a tough one. However you do ease into it and the instructor really helped me by getting me to draw the different shapes and telling me not to think at all of it as a body. I only blushed at maybe 2 things he said which for me is a real achievement.

I would like to thank Jen for putting me out of my comfort zone. This is something I never would have done if it wasn't for the challenges and I hope will inspire others to try new things!

Remember you can support this or any other challenge by donating at www.justgiving.com/30before30sense

The moment of truth:

Money so far!

As it is half term I am in the throws of working towards various challenges keeping me busy and out of trouble. I am massively spurred on by recent donations and we have currently raised a massive £1199.50. This is 39% of the way towards my target and was a real boost as I hit 29 and have exactly a year to go. Someone amazingly donated £500 which totally blew me away.

To give you an indication of the difference this could make we could use:



£500 – to pay for a child to undergo a specialised educational development assessment to establish what their learning abilities are.




£250 – to kit out a home with sensory 'trails' enabling the deafblind residents to identify specific rooms, stairs etc, enabling them to live in a safe, secure environment.




£100 – to help pay for 2 deafblind children's vital first assessment.




£150 – to buy 6 interactive light tubes to help stimulate 6 deafblind children's remaining sight.




£90 – to pay for 6 tactile books for use at a Sense family centre to develop a child's sense of sight and touch.




£90 – to pay for 12 deafblind children to experience sailing and feel the wind on their face on their Sense holiday.




£65 – to buy 13 sets of musical bells to help stimulate even the tiniest amount of a deafblind child's hearing in music therapy.

Thank you to everyone who is supporting me in anyway - please keep it coming!  http://www.justgiving.com/30before30sense