Well as it turns out I have not gotten to the coloring in of my pen sketches! I did however make more. I also tried a new technique of sorts. I played with varying the widths of the lines I use. I still have more playing to do with that but I do think it has already started to help make the simple line drawings more interesting. I also began to realize just how much my drawings have changed over the last 6 months! I think next weeks Monday blog post will be all about showing and embracing this creative change. As artists I think we strive for people to be able to recognize our work visually but at such an early stage in my drawing and painting career I can’t afford to box myself in like that. So I keep exploring and trying new things and maybe someday “MY” style will emerge from all of that experimentation.
“Find the one that fits”
Wind for the Maya Strange family tree
Water for the Maya Strange family tree
Candy Cane girl for the Nickolas Strange Family tree.
So as I was drawing the last three of these four I realized my brain had switched from trying to distract itself to working on The Family Strange again. I had created three drawings for future shows without really thinking about it until the drawing was near finished and I realized “Ha that would make a great water element girl for one of Maya’s family tree members” etc. With that train of thought renewed, I busted out the last two sketches for Eli’s family tree last night. Now I can start painting for the Eli Strange family tree show which will debut in April! So I guess this little adventure into procrastination really payed off! Both in a successful experiment and in getting me back on track with my work! What kind of breaks do you take from work to get you back on track?
