Inspired by a Little Box
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Hi folks,
Be Creative. It's Good for the Soul!
Blessings, Joanie
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I draw something every morning, I leave my supplies out on the dining
table...and while I am waiting for my coffee to brew, I grab a charcoal
pencil, or a fountain pen, or something, anything...and draw some object in
front of me. I am usually too lazy, or tired, to go hunting for something, so
my eyes just search for the nearest shape in my line of sight.
I bought some new ink the other day....and it came in a little box. Ink
bottles always inspire me. So i started with that.
But then, the Box drew my eye. And it was dang challenging to get all those
angles. But I persisted. You can see where I went back and whited out my
mistakes. I don't erase, generally. With charcoal and dip pens, and fude nibs,
there's no use in erasing. So, I just kept going. For days now I have been
drawing this little box over and over.
My friends tell me - I am tenacious! Lol, I would have to agree.
I draw fast, letting my hand just move......i don't try to get it perfect but
i DO try to SEE like an artist. And that is different from normal seeing. You
have to look as if you have never seen this object before, it's a Zen
experience. In allowing yourself to UNsee the object, you begin to SEE it
anew.
I am in intuitive drawer - i don't follow nor flow with perspective. I kind of
understand the basics of perspective, but I feel more comfortable trying to
SEE perspective as it appears than understand and apply it technically. Just
the kind of brain i have.
I used a little all blacks watercolor set with interesting shades to throw
some color down.
Omgosh, those flaps, bedeviling!
Used a new G nib pen above, quite tiny. I need lots of practice with it.
Then switched to my favorite Fude nib pen below.
Then switched to my favorite Fude nib pen below.
Well, that's my practice as of this morning.....you can always grab a can of
soup from your cupboard, or absolutely anything.....and keep drawing it until
you GROK it. Get it. Know it. Experience it.
Or at very least don't need any white paint for touch-ups!
I might add a few more pages of little boxes in the days to come..... it's not
so hard to draw this little box anymore. Wink!
Art is so dang cool!!!!
and so are you! 💓
Be Creative. It's Good for the Soul!
Blessings, Joanie
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