Hand-drawn picture inspired by https://www.instagram.com/broghannej/
I sketched this while on holiday in the forest.
“The forest will answer you in the way you call to it.”
― Finnish proverb
My body is home, but my soul is still listening to the singing leaves of the tall Eucalyptus trees.
Inspired by https://www.instagram.com/potatosack_cosplay/
“It’s not that we spend five days looking forward to just two. It’s that most people do what they enjoy most on those two days. Imagine living a life where everyday are your Saturdays and Sundays. Make everyday your weekend. Make everyday a play-day…”
― The Waves of Life Quotes and Daily Meditations
“There are no bad drawings.
Drawings are experiences.
The more you draw, the more experienced you’ll get.
In fact, you’ll learn more from bad or unpredictable or weird experiences than from those that go exactly as you’d hoped and planned.
So let it go.
Release your ego’s desire for perfection.
Take risks.
Stretch.
Grow.
Create as much as you can, whenever you can.”
― The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to Be The Artist You Truly Are
This week’s drawings.
“All art is but dirtying the paper delicately.”
― The Elements of Drawing
Thanks for stopping by I hope you have a great weekend!
This drawing represents more of what I enjoy doing these days.
Line drawings with a fair mix of realism and “cartooning” and some manga sensibilities thrown in.
Where does a drawing really “start?”
Definitely not on the tablet!
Quite often I browse through Pinterest pics, or posts on Instagram.
Whenever a certain image piques my interest I often use the “pose” for inspiration.
Not everything from a photo translates well into a drawing.
Before I get cracking I analyse the reference and in my head I change certain aspects of the pose.
This needs to happen even prior to sketching the framework.
If that doesn’t happen you might end up with a pastiche of loose elements cobbled together.
I was quite happy with the way this sketch turned out.
However, after posting something I always end up spotting flaws in the drawing.
But lately I refrain from going back and “editing.”
That would mean getting out the tablet, “fixing” a flaw, resizing, uploading again…
Instead I now choose to leave the posts as is, flaws and all.
This inspires me to improve in a forward-moving way. Let the past take care of itself.
Occasionally I find it hard to “leave it alone.”
But this means a drawing represents a human experience, not a machine-generated event.
“Perfection is an illusion” is it not?
Have a great Tuesday, stay positive and spread the light around.
“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.”
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