SO NOW I AM WARMED UP APPARENTLY – ONWARD TO PART 1
Category: preamble
venn diagram
Vasari relates that when Pope Benedict XI sent a messenger to Giotto, asking him to send a drawing to demonstrate his skill, Giotto drew a red circle so perfect that it seemed as though it was drawn using […]
it’s all in the wrist
I struggled to make any “pleasing” marks with this one (pen dangling from finger tip grip/elbow and upper arm fixed). I tried with soft pencil, then charcoal pencil, then felt-tip, then marker. I thought I […]
quick-quick-slow
this may be my first time drawing on a vertical surface it feels a little awkward, even with my good hand without the support afforded by a horizontal surface but being able to just step […]
loosening up (bigly)
it’s been a long long time since I put charcoal to paper – but the feel, the smell, the squeaking sound of it, are all familiar – and all good there isn’t much difference between […]
loosening up
every journey starts with … lots of circles? – who knew? I’m left handed so right 1/2 are with the “wrong” hand. some observations: half-way through the first page, I was bored … … but […]
my space
added some drawers to the shelving and sheer roller blinds to the window for privacy
my dark materials
tools to make marks with? – check tools to erase marks? – check materials to make marks on? check surfaces to to lay materials on? check a space to make/erase marks on materials resting on […]