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Not an artist.
Jun. 30th, 2013 10:17 pmI've started drawing again. I've re-learned something that I learned in college and forgot. I can only put so much technical information into my brain before I start getting creatively itchy. In college I took up watercolour painting, even took a class. I need to find some online classes about perspective though, because that's something I've found I have to constantly relearn.
I've always enjoyed drawing/painting but have always been frustrated that I cannot make the pictures in my head match what my hands can put down on paper. The only real area of this in which I have some talent is that I'm a human copier. I can copy 2d images just by setting them side by side. I've made some pretty amazing xmas and vday cards this way. But I have trouble with photos over other drawings, and I have trouble coming up with original ideas. So I started one of those 30 drawings in 30 days lists. However, I'm not making it a priority to do it in 30 days, but will do 30 drawings.
#1 was a self portrait. I think I'm actually going to end up doing a few different sorts of these before moving on. The first one is a "copy" of a picture I took. I opened it up big on screen, set sketch book on desk, and tried to just draw within the ability I have and not get frustrated. This was my result, photo first, my drawing second, though I'm sure you could have just told them apart.
Medium: Ticonderoga #2 pencil, basic coloured pencils, Basic sketch book, the paper is sort of like light weight canvas. As you can see I've still some serious issues with perspective, but I still like it.
I don't know if I'm ready to try drawing my face again, yet. Or even a full body view, that is the primary goal in this particular category.
So there's my "arts".
I've always enjoyed drawing/painting but have always been frustrated that I cannot make the pictures in my head match what my hands can put down on paper. The only real area of this in which I have some talent is that I'm a human copier. I can copy 2d images just by setting them side by side. I've made some pretty amazing xmas and vday cards this way. But I have trouble with photos over other drawings, and I have trouble coming up with original ideas. So I started one of those 30 drawings in 30 days lists. However, I'm not making it a priority to do it in 30 days, but will do 30 drawings.
#1 was a self portrait. I think I'm actually going to end up doing a few different sorts of these before moving on. The first one is a "copy" of a picture I took. I opened it up big on screen, set sketch book on desk, and tried to just draw within the ability I have and not get frustrated. This was my result, photo first, my drawing second, though I'm sure you could have just told them apart.
Medium: Ticonderoga #2 pencil, basic coloured pencils, Basic sketch book, the paper is sort of like light weight canvas. As you can see I've still some serious issues with perspective, but I still like it.
I don't know if I'm ready to try drawing my face again, yet. Or even a full body view, that is the primary goal in this particular category.
So there's my "arts".
