As I said recently, I bought several books lately and have been delving in and out of the pages of all of them, fluttering around and not really getting anything from them at all. So I decided today that I have to focus more, and am picking one book to start with and will not pick up the next until I finished that one. Now of course faced with the decision of which book to read!
The antsy unsettled feeling seems to have followed me all day and I couldn't get settled down to anything, couldn't sit still or focus. I all but had to nail my feet to the floor to force myself to draw anything. Stepped out of my comfort zone with a pen and no eraser which forced me to slow down and really look at proportions to try to get them right the first time. Not sure I did that entirely but feel relatively happy with the result.
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Sofa, so good! Sorry, couldn't resist that :P. Yes, it's very dangerous to buy more than one book at the same time. I sometimes end up reading them in parallel, or worse still not finishing any of them :( This is a truly really fabulous sketch Anita. I love pen and it's such a great way of being bold and losing the prop of an eraser. Ball point pen especially is great for really losing your inhibitions.
Lovely sketch! Your sofa looks real!
Books; I have the same trouble too.. I rent up too many for me to keep a track of or to read! The problem is that all the rental-holds materialize around the same time, and then it is time to return them sometimes even before I have read 20 pages!!! :):)
Lovely confident pen sketch, Anita. Of course I can't imagine why a draftsperson as talented as you wouldn't be confident. Now is it ballpoint or Pigma or fountain pen?
As for books. In recent times a 'certain person' has insisted the bedside lamp be turned out immediately, so my unread books are piling up. I glow in the dark, reading from my iPod touch. ;)
Hi, Anita,
Your drawings are so interesting!! But take it easy and have a wonderful weekend.
Cheers, Sadami
HAHA Michael! I used to draw entirely with ballpoint but had rather got used to having a pencil in my hand.
Shalini - Thank yoU!
Robyn - it's a Uniball Micro pen that my husband picked up at some conference. I have that problem too with him indoors so I go to bed half an hour before him just to ensure I get to read!
Sadami - thank you. Have a good weekend yourself. We have three days off as Monday is a German holiday - wooohooo art time!
this is just awesome!!!! I think I commented on this on Flickr but I'll comment again cause I love it!! lol
I had that day today, too! I couldn't focus at all. I had great intentions of starting a painting, but just flipped through art books, searching for inspiration which never came. At least you got a sketch done, and a great one at that. Beautiful work!
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