Finding My Voice

As the week went on, I gradually released my familiar, meditative style of drawing into something that is more bold, playful, and Out There.
I was happy to find a different artistic voice coming out and expressing with this new media.
I’m really clear that it isn’t about “either/or” for me, but it seems to me […]

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The Power Of Essence and Focus, i.e., My Relationship With Time

Harold encouraged us to draw the essence of our subject.
One of the biggest lessons for me during the week was to pause and “take in” the object, i.e., be really present with it, with all of my senses, before I began to draw it.
Initially I found this a huge challenge, because, after all, […]

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Going For It

I mentioned in the first of this series that I was using unfamiliar drawing media for this week.
Because we were doing 5-minute drawings for the most part, I didn’t have time to do my usual style, in which I use an Extra Fine Sharpie Permanent Marker and Watercolors.
So, part of what the week was […]

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