#alevelalgorithm

[gabrielle-distin-artist]

Weekly Wednesday post - this week starting with a different sketch as it was later in the day and of my garden. This one would definitely benefit from some colour to give some definition and bring it alive. What a week! Another roller coaster caused by the governments mess of the A level results fiasco with a couple of lovely days of birthday celebration which helped us to recuperate and regain some strength for the battle we had for the rest of the week. Thankfully all was resolved yesterday although not necessarily in the way that we had originally hoped. Today I finished my second 50 page sketchbook of these daily sketches - the first time I’ve managed to maintain an artistic habit so regularly which I’m very happy about. I’ve learnt a lot about myself through this process particularly in the past two stressful weeks - I know now that to maintain this habit I will need to be more flexible about the time and location I sketch as a more normal life encroaches on my time each day. #dailysketch #dailymotivation #pensketch #penandpaper #alevelresults #alevelalgorithm #gardensketch #bedroomsketch #lockdownart #isolationcreation #sketchbook #sketchbookdrawing https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWMLOYFhZO/?igshid=1vgosaxshc9ee

[gabrielle-distin-artist]

This is two weeks worth of drawings - the missing days will be a reminder to me of the most traumatic part of the pandemic for me. This is while also realising that while traumatic what I have experienced is still minor compared to people who have been directly touched by the virus. For us it came in the form of an ill thought out, careless and cruel algorithm that in a moment affected the futures of a generation of young people and all that they have spent their lives working towards. I have spent the last six days fighting for my daughter and other young people to have their grades given by teachers reinstated and for them to have the opportunity to attend the university that they deserve. For us this has been a traumatic emotional rollercoaster that is still continuing. I didn’t have the time to sketch or the energy! Hopefully by this time next Wednesday we will be in a more positive position. #alevels #alevelalgorithm #algorithm #lockdown #pandemic #sketch #sketchbook #sketching #pandemic #isolationcreation #penandink #penandpaper #bedrooms #dailyart #dailyarts https://www.instagram.com/p/CEEPyEnFTVc/?igshid=vijay8risgcf