Project 365 ~ #365
Daily Drawing #365 of 365
Inspiration: last day of my drawing project
Result: Okay...what should I do next?
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon fountain pen in a Stillman & Birn, Epsilon sketchbook
Location: home
Notes: A little over a year ago I took all my creative insecurities, locked them in a closet and sat down at my desk to draw. Instead of making excuses of why I could not, I was going to develop a new habit. One that saw me put pen and/or brush and pencil to paper every day, and I would do this for an entire year to produce 365 daily drawings.
I am untrained in both technique and use of the materials.
The end products would vary in quality when I made mistakes, was rushed, bored or tired, I'd learned to live with and learn from it, after all, there is no editing with ink, watercolour and pencil crayon.
It has been a tremendously positive experience as friends, family and strangers have encouraged me to reach my goal and I thank you all for that.
I have grown more confident in many areas and hopefully my skills with these tools will continue to improve as I start new projects as this one ends.
...and this one must. Forcing myself to conceive and create a single drawing every day is holding me back from more involved work which I am eager to explore. Project 365 has achieved its most important goal; for the first time in 48 years ,when someone asks me if I am an artist... I respond, yes.
Project 365 ~ #365
Daily Drawing #365 of 365
Inspiration: last day of my drawing project
Result: Okay...what should I do next?
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon fountain pen in a Stillman & Birn, Epsilon sketchbook
Location: home
Notes: A little over a year ago I took all my creative insecurities, locked them in a closet and sat down at my desk to draw. Instead of making excuses of why I could not, I was going to develop a new habit. One that saw me put pen and/or brush and pencil to paper every day, and I would do this for an entire year to produce 365 daily drawings.
I am untrained in both technique and use of the materials.
The end products would vary in quality when I made mistakes, was rushed, bored or tired, I'd learned to live with and learn from it, after all, there is no editing with ink, watercolour and pencil crayon.
It has been a tremendously positive experience as friends, family and strangers have encouraged me to reach my goal and I thank you all for that.
I have grown more confident in many areas and hopefully my skills with these tools will continue to improve as I start new projects as this one ends.
...and this one must. Forcing myself to conceive and create a single drawing every day is holding me back from more involved work which I am eager to explore. Project 365 has achieved its most important goal; for the first time in 48 years ,when someone asks me if I am an artist... I respond, yes.