I’ve never really tried to draw since the art classes we took in Junior High. But I dug out some pencils and gave it a try tonight. I was feeling a little too tired to tackle my frog sculpture. Which if you think about it is interesting – I was too tired to concentrate on sculpting but not too tired for something creative.
I think the difference is that I don’t expect to be good at drawing so there’s less pressure. As I’ve heard a couple places recently, I had “permission to suck” at drawing. But I do expect (or at least want) to be good at my sculpting so I end up putting more pressure on myself. I think I need to make myself a permission slip:
The bearer has permission to be imperfect, screw up and have fun making art.
So anyway I rather enjoyed drawing. I tried out the different types of pencils, played around a bit. Tried to make a quick drawing of my cat but she wouldn’t hold still… Made my own version of a drawing from a book (I’m not advocating copying but this was a throwaway just to figure out some line use). And I had fun.
I figure the more I draw, the more I’ll learn to see and that will help with my sculpting too.