Vol IV: #17 I Laughed, And It Was Good
So…yesterday I sobbed like a child regarding my attempts to improve my drawing skills. (And maybe part of my process includes public self-embarrassment?) But, when I sat down to practice my shapes and go through my lesson, something awesome happened. I had fun. Yeah, exactly.
The project for the day was to draw three individual tee cups, each on a saucer. The goal was to explore different types of lines. And I started slowly, unsure of what to do. After, I finished my base drawing of general shapes and lines, I tapped my pencil on the pad, then began to draw quick horizontal lines. Within five minutes I began to laugh, and that’s when I felt a new feeling. This is fun, I thought. And, oh man, did I need that. On the second tea cup, I started with dots that became something more like vines or thick hairs. Not sure why anyone would want a creepy, hairy tea cup, but it made me laugh all the same. Then I decided to try and create a realistic tea cup and I labeled it “perfection.” It was awful and I laughed once more.
Invigorated, I finished the day by laying a foundation for a new landscape drawing, one of olives trees lining a path. The lines and shapes poured out of my pencil and I was found a good place to stop.
What a turn around. Can’t wait to get back at it today.
