Bonnie
pencil on white paper
I named this drawing "Princess Bonnie" because it reminds me of those sweetly flattering drawings that artists at Disneyland used to draw when I was a kid.
Quincy
charcoal and conte on grey paper
Quincy has an adorable crooked smile that I tried to capture, though it looks somewhat like a smirk here. So pretty and smart; I could draw her for hours and hours. Speaking of which, most of my drawings are completed in 1-1.5 hours.
Most drawings that look like this: (by Sabin Howard)
take considerably longer to do.
How did drawing save my life? My sanity in this culturally narrow and conservative place was being wacked right and left. I gave up all fine art and focused on design and illustration. For 10 years, I painted what I thought would sell. I survived physically, but emotionally and spiritually, I was a wreck. A series of things helped put me right, not the least of which is a Thursday night drawing group. Drawing from life is a difficult thing. Focusing on one thing and recreating it with a little pencil is a wonderful thing. Spending $5 for the privilege is a delightful thing. An evening in my drawing friends' company is priceless. Thank you to everyone who helped save my life.
Great art painting.
ReplyDeleteThank you Peter.
DeleteNice portraits. (Love the adonis too). Well in art I guess you have to create what you love to creat, and not only think about the selling-aspect of it all. In the end it will only kill your joy of creating. But I guess that it isn´t that easy when you need to make a living out of the art.
ReplyDeleteSo true Catharina. I've gone both ways, and neither worked out very well. It is a conundrum faced by so many artists, including musicians and actors.
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