I spend time drawing. I like to draw in restaurants - especially the Muslim noodle shop near my home.
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| Little boy at Noodle shop looking at my sketchbook |
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| Noodle maker |
I also enjoy drawing people sitting at the table while they are doing something else.
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| Cousin Beverly at Pop Pop's table(detail) |
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| Cousin Beverly at Pop Pop's table |
These are older pictures - when I look at them I see things I would do differently - things I've worked on - like getting hands and head proportionally better.
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| Hand over Greenland |
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Then I see where I took the time to develop a life drawing - usually of my hand (free model) and I remember that
time is critical for drawing. Long, transatlantic flights are a great place to attend to detailed drawings.
I know I need to divide my time between fast gesture and gesture like drawing and taking time to develop a drawing with more detail.
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| Girl in Spicy Restaurant |
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| Bahamian Altarboy |
Life is about balance. I tell myself with each picture - 'what do I LIKE about this picture?" I note that feature and then turn the page.
I'm so very glad that you will have time for detailed drawing very, VERY, very soon! It will be a great joy to see you IRL as you've been missed.
ReplyDeleteThe sketch books are as wonderful as the quilts. You have so much new work! It is truly a blessing to do what you are called to do AND be good at it.
the sign is in mirror writing - because I was drawing it on the 'wrong side' of the glass window behind the boy. I didn't know any Chinese then, (not that I know much now) but when I flipped the picture on the horizontal in Photoshop - I could decipher it -- 盖浇饭凉面 which is gaijiaofan (upper characters) - meaning rice and veggie dish) and liangmian - meaning cooled noodles.
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