My first love is drawing and always will be, though I seem to be doing a lot of painting these past few months. I started this little drawing in a Moleskine of a trio of boules which was the reference for the Drawing & Sketching forum at WetCanvas last week.
I love trying to draw shiny hard objects. Its almost like a puzzle, fitting the pieces together. This isn't complete and I likely will work on it tomorrow or when I get a chance this week, but even this far gives a sense of how the image will turn out.
The feeling of drawing and the control I have over the pencil is always comforting. When painting becomes a chore, drawing is my fallback. I am so familiar with dry mediums it causes little stress as I know how they will perform, how to correct things, how to apply it to different supports.
What's your comfort level in art? What always relaxes you to create with?
4 comments:
Even unfinished this piece is lovely. Great reflections! My comfort level - coloured pencils on Stonehenge. I have lots of experience with cps and with Stonehenge paper, therefore I am very comfortable with them. I know what to expect and how to get what I want. I have wandering off into other media from time to time but I always go home. :-)
great job getting the shine just right :)
using ink relaxes me, not sure why as I can't erase mistakes lol It I am doing pointillism I end up getting a rhythm going and my mind goes blank. lol makes it easy to relax :)
I love the reflections, too, Jeanette. But comfort level--does a Beginner have a comfort level? Perhaps when I do a contour and am
really zoned in on it-- those crazy bees that were buzzing in my head fly off, somewhere...that or Just Playing In The Water, when I put down watercolors and watch where they are running.
annie
There is something fascinating about shiny objects, the way light catches and distorts shapes. Great drawing of the boules.
I feel just the same with drawing, just so comfortable with a sharp pencil and seem to know what to do.
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