I started getting a bit tired of sketching and failing, so I switched over to coloring a bit. I experimented some with my watercolor pencils and my water brush.
Maybe one day I'll feel confident enough to actually start putting these sketches in my Midori. For now, I think I'll just stick to playing around on random pages and experimenting with different kinds of sketches. Either way, I find it kind of relaxing and enjoyable, so I guess that's all that really matters.
That's a good idea -- just drawing on/in whatever you're the most comfortable with. I like your lily especially. Just imagine where you'll be a year from now if you continue "playing"? I'm the same way -- I am fussier (for lack of a better word) about what goes in something that's bound. I have a small Dylusions art journal -- I've had it for months, in fact. and I finally started a couple of pages in it, just putting down paper and stamping and gesso so far.
ReplyDeleteYou're exactly right, Laura. There's something extra intimidating about putting any of my "play" in an actual book. The single sheet approach makes me feel much more free. I did break out of character and include a small sketch in my Traveler's Notebook for January. It made me super nervous, but I think it turned out okay.
DeleteThis is great!!! I heard Julie Fei-Fan Balzar say something profound on the PRT one day. She said, "People always tell me what a great artist I am or how well I can draw and I say I really can't naturally draw, I've just done it every day until I've progressively gotten better. When you went to school, you learned to read and write because you were forced to every day but if you were forced to draw every day, by now you'd be great at it." That made me feel a lot better because that means we can do anything if we practice every day.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great way of looking at it! I'm much more of a weekly practice kind of girl, but I can already tell that I'm getting better the more I play. At least I'm not hating everything I'm making!
DeleteI got a waterbrush as a Christmas gift and I am in LOVE with it!!! It's awesome!
ReplyDeleteAren't water brushes fabulous? I have one, but I'd like to get more with different kinds of tips/sizes/etc. I feel like they're pretty forgiving overall, so that makes me love them even more.
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