Tag: inspiration
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Starting All Over, Again, Again
Can You Draw a Bicycle? I thought this article was pretty amusing. Of course, drawing from imagination is a challenge. Most of my life I’ve used photos or life as reference, but now I start out on a new quest (self-indulgence is great). I’m drawing from imagination. Pertinent to this is drawing a bicycle from […]
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The Devil is in the Details
My father was a detail man. He was a commercial artist, and his specialty was filling in the designs on the fabric of shirts, pants, diamonds, and just about anything else that was advertised. I can’t imagine how he had the patience to do such a thing, but, perhaps it’s just that it was income, […]
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Looking at the Bigger Picture
The picture above started with a small sketch. As you can see, the lines are messier, and the detail unclear. That’s what the problem with working small is. So partially, it’s my lack of physical stability that’s making me work so small. Also, having the long, tired out, idea that small pictures would sell […]
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And What I Mean by That is..
Which gave me an idea of how to handle the branch, which gave me an idea of how to handle the middle ground, and so forth, so on, and blah, blah, blah, etc.
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Bricks
A little background info…. I’ve been away for a while, in case you haven’t noticed. I needed some time to reflect, think about where I’ve been, where I’m going and most importantly, where I am. And it all comes down to bricks…well, sort of. When I first really got going working in colored pencil, I […]
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“Inspiration Exists….
But it has to find you working”…Pablo Picasso. Who am I to argue with Picasso? He had a prolific output, he knew what he was talking about. However, I have to admit it now, I’m more stuck than I realized. I have had a tumultuous year, I’ve been about as stable as a wind sock […]
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I don’t know what the er, fudge, I’m doing
Fudge is a nice euphemism, isn’t it? Instead of harsh profanity, you get a remembrance of chocolate delight, maybe days in the kitchen as a child, helping with the stirring of candy, sun shining through the curtains….I went off on a tangent I guess. Picasso (at least I think it was Picasso), said “Inspiration can […]
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