Oh, this is fantastic! And yes, drawing feels amazing. Something I think about a lot (maybe I should write about this) is that it's good to have some ideas about things to draw that are NOT super hard a big heavy lift. Like a flower, or an apple. Like start with a few simple things and build out from there. There are things I still wouldn't draw or paint today, after all this time. Things that just don't fit within my little world for whatever reason. Maybe kind of like every singer has a particular vocal range?
I love that, Amy! Yes, there are definitely songs I know I can’t sing. And types of writing I don’t have much interest in trying. Sonnets? Probably not for me. So of course there would be things I’m less likely or interested or able to draw.
I love your sketches and can relate to ALL of these thoughts! About losing my writer's perfectionism in drawing. About hating what I'm drawing, then realizing wait it's not terrible! About waiting until the end of the day and not feeling like drawing but drawing anyway. And the fact is, you're doing it, and it's working on you, shifting things in you. I relate to that too.
Thanks, Kelcey. We could start a club—”What happens when writers draw” or something.
It is working on me. Because I’ve been posting on social media, the guy who runs the local figure drawing group asked me to come one night. And not that I couldn’t have joined before, but it didn’t feel like something I could do. Now I’m like, well, why not?
YES! It’s such a thing! When I started daily drawing in 2018 (and kept it up a couple years but only sporadically these days), I wrote a lot of similar posts on my old Wordpress blog! Like THINGS ARE HAPPENING!
I love your sketches. I am really bad at sketching but I am having a good time doing them, so I even posted a few in the notes. I didn't know about Inktober. Need to look it up.
I love your bathroom sketch! It’s interesting to me how people’s style of sketching emerges pretty quickly and how different they can be one from another.
I don’t know anything about Inktober except I see people posting their sketches and I love the idea of trying to make something into a habit so I thought I’d give it a whirl.
I love what you are doing here. It's been years since I've sketched anything and, watching how you've been doing it, I see how it can be frustrating, a relief, a challenge, a joy and just plain fun. You always have something to show for your effort which is not true of writing.
Good point, Betsy. I have to say, I like taking pictures of the sketches and being able to flip through them on my phone. Which might be weird, but it’s satisfying. It’s like on the phone, I see the sketches less critically.
Enjoyed your sketches. You are an amazing being.
Thanks, Sandy!
Oh, this is fantastic! And yes, drawing feels amazing. Something I think about a lot (maybe I should write about this) is that it's good to have some ideas about things to draw that are NOT super hard a big heavy lift. Like a flower, or an apple. Like start with a few simple things and build out from there. There are things I still wouldn't draw or paint today, after all this time. Things that just don't fit within my little world for whatever reason. Maybe kind of like every singer has a particular vocal range?
I love that, Amy! Yes, there are definitely songs I know I can’t sing. And types of writing I don’t have much interest in trying. Sonnets? Probably not for me. So of course there would be things I’m less likely or interested or able to draw.
You’re jamming
Ha, ha. Thanks!
I love your sketches and can relate to ALL of these thoughts! About losing my writer's perfectionism in drawing. About hating what I'm drawing, then realizing wait it's not terrible! About waiting until the end of the day and not feeling like drawing but drawing anyway. And the fact is, you're doing it, and it's working on you, shifting things in you. I relate to that too.
Thanks, Kelcey. We could start a club—”What happens when writers draw” or something.
It is working on me. Because I’ve been posting on social media, the guy who runs the local figure drawing group asked me to come one night. And not that I couldn’t have joined before, but it didn’t feel like something I could do. Now I’m like, well, why not?
YES! It’s such a thing! When I started daily drawing in 2018 (and kept it up a couple years but only sporadically these days), I wrote a lot of similar posts on my old Wordpress blog! Like THINGS ARE HAPPENING!
Inktober! That's a revelation--love it!
Thanks, Andi!
I love your sketches. I am really bad at sketching but I am having a good time doing them, so I even posted a few in the notes. I didn't know about Inktober. Need to look it up.
I love your bathroom sketch! It’s interesting to me how people’s style of sketching emerges pretty quickly and how different they can be one from another.
I don’t know anything about Inktober except I see people posting their sketches and I love the idea of trying to make something into a habit so I thought I’d give it a whirl.
I love what you are doing here. It's been years since I've sketched anything and, watching how you've been doing it, I see how it can be frustrating, a relief, a challenge, a joy and just plain fun. You always have something to show for your effort which is not true of writing.
Good point, Betsy. I have to say, I like taking pictures of the sketches and being able to flip through them on my phone. Which might be weird, but it’s satisfying. It’s like on the phone, I see the sketches less critically.