i will confess that one of my greatest fears since i began using the projector regularly is that i will forget (or worse yet: have already forgotten) how to draw. for reals scary. and since getting accepted to study at a graduate level i kept thinking to myself 'what if...' i mean, sure i can do what i want to do WITHOUT drawing. but. BUT. wouldn't i be a bit of a fraud then? and i could draw before, but i had to work at it... so is it a skill that you keep, like riding a bike, or d you lose it? like... marbles?
well. earlier this week, while trying to get the projector debacle sorted (quick recap: everyone i asked about an 'opaque projector' looked at me as if i was crazy. i panicked. asked how i would print onto transparencies then, if that was my only option and was told we don't have the facilities to do that here... ahem. panic.) i figured i should do SOMETHING besides sit around and stare in a terrified sort of way. so i started a little painting. drawn by hand.
and. the drawing sucked. it sucked several times over. i flipped the board around, and it still sucked. i started to paint anyways - feeling incredibly disappointed in myself. but then. THEN! as i painted i reworked the drawing , little by little... and today i went in with a pencil on TOP of the paint, and drew in the detail-stuff. and then painted some more.
and SHOCK! ALARM! it is WORKING! it is on the correct path!
check it OUT! (a detail of it...)
3 comments:
um, that's supposed to be super creepy, right? Maybe it's just the "no eyes" thing...
Wait a minute... that doesn't look like me at all! WTF
funny that you should make such a comment, chris, what with you owning a painting of yourself with no eyes. (she has eyes now, though. don't worry.)
ummm. travis. this is awkward. i changed my degree plan from 'all paintings of travis all the time'... you're not mad, are you?
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