I'm working on some stuff for other people and that stuff is not finished yet. At times like this, when the images I need to work on may not be... shall we say... right up my alley, I procrastinate and I pout. I fidget and I cast about for the way to produce what I need to produce. Ugh.
But if I, first thing in the morning (pre-dawn, in my case,) pick up my pens, my brushes and just play in my journal, draw what's in front of me (mostly flowers right now), without thinking, I'm happy.
And by playing, by trying this line and that,
by picking randomly from among my vast collection of drawing tools and putting down marks, I find myself again. It's quite simple. You try it and see if I'm not right.
Okay, but then it's back to drawing pigs.
Laura - how beautiful - your play is inspired! I tend to putter around, eventual puttering my way all the way up to the easel.
Posted by: Katherine Kean | August 21, 2012 at 03:31 PM
Thanks, Sandra, Lianne, and Jennifer! Lianne, the flowers were done in lots of colors from the hot end of the spectrum on my watercolor palette. I think I used alizarin crimson, quinacridone coral, burnt scarlet maybe. I see red Pentel color brush pen marks on one of them and some red violet acrylic ink on the top left one.
Posted by: Laura | August 12, 2012 at 08:07 AM
Gorgeous Laura! Especially that last one. I'm the same way about commissions... But if I do like you did, and just swirl the oen or brush around having some fun, I even find the energy and focus for the commission. I'm hoping we hear something about Urban Sketchers Carolinas soon...!
Posted by: Jennifer Edwards | August 10, 2012 at 09:54 PM
Hi, what colour/medium are the red flowers at the top. That is the most luscious red I've ever seen. Beautiful.
I've started colouring in adult colouring books as a warm up routine. It's just a way to see some colour and enjoy it without the pressure of doing something too clever before I've really woken up.
Posted by: Lianne | August 10, 2012 at 03:19 PM
Oh I know what you mean - Commissions are bitter sweet aren't they? On the one hand we need to earn and it's nice that somebody picks us to do the work - on the other it's so often far from what we enjoy doing!
I love your flower sketches - they are gorgeous! And I hope that you show us the pigs too :0)
Posted by: Sandra | August 10, 2012 at 11:21 AM