Uninspired
I've been trying for weeks to get back into doing anything creative, but I've had no luck. I meant to spend my entire Christmas break working on crafts, but instead spent the whole time cleaning and organizing the house. Sadly, I haven't even touched a piece of charcoal since September when I spent a good deal of time on my favorite drawing yet. It's not that I don't have anything I want to draw; I have a growing list! Gandalf the Grey, Pepper Potts (for a good friend), John Locke, Steve McGarrett, John Reese, Olivia Dunham, etc. ... I guess I just need to force myself to sit down with my drawing tablet and start. And maybe I'm just afraid I can't top the Teddy drawing, and I'll get discouraged.
I also really, really want to get in to sketching. I've always loved to draw, but it seems the charcoal portraits take so much out of me. I could finish one in a day, if I had a good 7-10 hours straight to devote to it. And with my previous two drawings, I realized that even working on them an hour or two each night was alright as well. I just get myself too stressed out on making them perfect. There's a point early on in each drawing where I almost throw all my supplies back in the box and give up. With sketching, I think it'd be different. I could be a little more loose and not so caught up in making something look perfect. I have The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook by Alan Lee ... those are the types of sketching I'd like to do. Fantasy art - the architecture, the people. So I'm considering sitting down with his book a few nights a week and trying to mimic what he does to try to get some practice. I also adore Grant Wilson's (aka former Ghost Hunter) sketches, because his work reminds me of something I'd want to draw. Like this.
I guess I just need to start disciplining myself. Maybe that's where I've messed up over the past months. I'm out of practice, and I just won't make myself go through with studying the work of fellow artists and attempting it myself.
It'd also help to have more time. Anyone have any of that to spare? :)
Alright, I guess it's time I get off here and make preparations for a Gandalf drawing, eh?
I also really, really want to get in to sketching. I've always loved to draw, but it seems the charcoal portraits take so much out of me. I could finish one in a day, if I had a good 7-10 hours straight to devote to it. And with my previous two drawings, I realized that even working on them an hour or two each night was alright as well. I just get myself too stressed out on making them perfect. There's a point early on in each drawing where I almost throw all my supplies back in the box and give up. With sketching, I think it'd be different. I could be a little more loose and not so caught up in making something look perfect. I have The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook by Alan Lee ... those are the types of sketching I'd like to do. Fantasy art - the architecture, the people. So I'm considering sitting down with his book a few nights a week and trying to mimic what he does to try to get some practice. I also adore Grant Wilson's (aka former Ghost Hunter) sketches, because his work reminds me of something I'd want to draw. Like this.
I guess I just need to start disciplining myself. Maybe that's where I've messed up over the past months. I'm out of practice, and I just won't make myself go through with studying the work of fellow artists and attempting it myself.
It'd also help to have more time. Anyone have any of that to spare? :)
Alright, I guess it's time I get off here and make preparations for a Gandalf drawing, eh?
