Ten years ago I wrote about my experience with Drawing for the Artistically Undiscovered.
Looking through old cartoons I drew years ago made me want to draw a bit more again, so I bought the latest version of the book to get me started. I love their attitude:
…you will find yourself frequently unsatisfied with your efforts. Our recommendation? So what. Take a fearless experimental approach. Wield your pen or pencil with spirit and take bold chances. Your successes will shine all the brighter and the rest—nothing but necessary steps to greatness….
Around here we honor mistakes and botched details. Please make many.
So I’ve been playing around and seeing what works and what doesn’t. I actually have one picture I’ll keep. The task was to fill in the chomp-chomp tree:
This is what I ended up with:
I love it because it reminds me of the time Zoe saw a piece of chateaubriand.
Is this really the best use of my time right now? Oh, yes.
June 21, 2022
LOVE it and absolutely NOT a waste of time and also the BEST use of your time. draw ON and share with us.
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Even scarier than the cobra lily.
Hooray for the artist self!
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LOVE this. I also love their attitude. So what is the perfect response to a person not being satisfied with their own work. Art, or anything for that matter, should be fun.
Amen to that!
You are a good artist! I have trouble even managing a stick man.
It takes a lot of time and patience. I love stick figures and think I should draw more of them. 🙂
Yes, indeed. Great work on the chomp-chomp tree.
Thanks. 🙂
You are GOOD!
and I LOVE Zoe’s eyes. full of joy and excitement and anticipation! LOL!
Those eyes are so precious. 😀
Yep! This cartoon is a keeper.
Thanks.
I like what you came up with! I like their attitude if so what if things are not perfect, at least you tried…I need to adopt that attitude and mot be afraid to try.
I’m still working on that. It’s a psychological hurdle.
Oh m’gosh … that expression on Zoe’s face!
What struck me, “….. we honor mistakes and botched details. Please make many.” While I’ve no inclinations to draw, this could be applied in so many ways. Thank you!
Right, the philosophy isn’t only for people who want to draw.
Love the attitude expressed in your book about mistakes and being dissatisfied with artwork. That could be applied to many things we do in life.
Yes!
sounds just like me, although most of my work that I paint/draw is completely abstract – the only time I get a realised object is through collage and using the object within a work. Right now though I’m just painting shapes on a long piece of “paper” … and then hope to create a scene!
Th main thing is to have fun and see what happens.