Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop. I started with a piece of charcoal but I wasn’t in a charcoal mood tonight and it didn’t feel right on the paper (Daler Rowney A3 sketch pad). So I switched to a lump of graphite and scribbled away. If felt better, it just felt right somehow. That’s something I don’t get when I do digital drawings, the feel of the drawing material dragging across the paper, the way it feels different depending on whether you use the point or the flat side. I experience art as a very physical thing; how materials feel, how they smell, how they sound – yes the sound of different drawing materials against different papers. It’s a sensory experience. In the spirit of “waste not, want not” I drew over the unsuccessful earlier drawings.
Years ago I used to go to a life drawing class in which a chap drew with a squeaky black marker pen. It was hilarious – you could hear his drawing being created – long and short strokes, tentative and quick ones all announced themselves with different sounds!
hahaha I’m a noisy scribbler too 😀
I so agree with you, artmaking is such a physical act, feel smell and sound so important. Sometimes one material just isn’t the right one for the moment. Thanks for putting this into words.
Art is intensely physical and sensual. It’s often only dealt with on an intellectual and / or emotional level
Splendid drawing. I’m hardly ever in a charcoal mood, despite the fine example of my teacher in our life drawing class. A charcoal pencil on the other hand…
I like charcoal but in certain circumstances and last night wasn’t one 🙂
Great sketch. I’m impressed again. Have a lovely weekend. I saw a storm will come from you. 🙂
Thank you 🙂 Oh yes, we’ve had some dreadful storms, but it’s quite mild now