Working on my 10,000 hours
It drizzled all day yesterday and today with more rain expected all weekend. That makes me happy....
I'm having a series of "crap art" days, the kind where I suddenly don't remember how to draw anything and nothing I try is turning out anywhere near to my liking. I sort of have a 10 to 1 ratio - 10 lousy drawings to 1 decent one. They say it takes ten thousand hours to become accomplished in anything so I have some time yet to pay my dues.
You'll never figure out what the left-hand image is although it's rather accurately drawn. It's a plastic massage implement given as a freebie when I was walking through a medical center one day. I use it on the dogs and they love it! It's sort of shaped like a hand -- can you see it now?
The right hand side is another crack at the philodendron leaf that baffled me yesterday. I used ink on it and charcoal for the massage tool. In class we're beginning with charcoal so I need to get in some practice time because I haven't used vine charcoal in several years and wasn't successful the last time I tried. (another long sigh)
Don't feel bad, Barbara, I'm having one of those periods, too. ERK...keeping on, here, too. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI struggle all the time with my drawing skills - just got a great book for $3.00 + $4.99 s&h on the internet after seeing it at a bookstore for $26.99
ReplyDeletedrawing with your artist's brain-learn to draw what you see not what you think you see - by Carl Purcell - excellent book