October is upon us already, September’s song is over for another year, and time is still against me.It’s not always easy to find the time to run a business, (albeit a small one,) draw four or fivehours a day and keep the site updated. Sadly, the site has to suffer before either of the other two can.
It being a week and a half since the last update, the drawings have been piling up, and I’ve finallymanaged to get some of them up on the site today: a newself portrait andeight more of the100 still life drawingsseries, bringing me to 35 – just over a third of the way through.
There’s still two more (awful) self portraits to post, and six of Bargue’s ears, I’ll get thoseup when I can. Also, there’s been a big change in the way I think about seeing, drawing, andpainting, which I’m fairly itching to write about. Coming soon to a blog near you.
2nd October 2006
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Part of the issue, I think, is that we get a very strong dose, when we are young of ‘you can’t’ – “You can’t draw hosers like that,” or “You can’t wear plaids and dots together,” or “You can’t wear white shoes after Labor Day,” or “You can’t wear that color,” or ‘That makes you look fat (or short or old or too young or too sexy or …).” I just saw a photo of a dress project done by a not young, not thin person and she’s, gasp, wearing it with white shoes!!!! OMG – and I looked at that and thought: Jeeze, that looks fab; I’d never be so brave to wear white shoes in January. But why? I think one of the great things about not being young is that why should we care what young people think? We aren’t on their radar? They are only interested in one another – we’re invisible to most of them. So, throw stuff on – if it makes you feel cool and good, then wear it and don’t give a damn. Same thing with drawing. When I don’t give a damn, then my stuff comes out much better than when I try to do school technique. color, life, movement – that is all that counts. Get a box of crayons and a big pad! Get some water colors or tempera paints and a big board and just put stuff on. There’s no teacher leaning over your shoulder telling you that it isn’t any good – it’s all good.