I guess I used to be a visual artist, of sorts.   All I've done in recent years is the occasional pen and ink sketch for a Christmas card or a cartoon for a flyer, etc.   That, and some excursions into computer-drawing/painting -- using rudimentary programs like art.com, Microsoft Word, AppleWorks, or Graphic Converter PPC, and using my index finger to draw on my trackpad.   (Those are fun, and some even turn out pretty OK, but it's a heck of a lot less "wieldy" than using a pen, pencil, or paintbrush!)

My mom, though, recently retrieved from the recesses of her garage some hand puppets I made when I was in high school (back in the days when I used to paint portraits, landscapes, etc.).   They're papier maché, painted with tempera and then shellacked.   The faces are all very interesting and, if I do say so, well sculpted.    Makes me kind of wish I'd done more with "sculpture" than just crafting a couple of dragons out of molding clay a few years ago at a weekend camp.

Well, Grandma Moses took up painting at age 80, so I guess it's not too late for me to get out the old charcoal, pastels, and oil paints and try my hand at it again.   I even have a northern-facing skylight in my attic.