Here’s a couple more sketches that I haven’t yet posted. I will say that I’ve been focused more on living and doing stuff this summer than painting - I suppose I should not feel guilty about it because I’m living - but I also wondering what happens when it’s no longer summer, this fall.
I did this drawing about 6 weeks ago but didn’t post it, unless I did post it and forgot about it - not entirely impossible - I’ve been struggling since this spring to find what the next direction for me is - and I think this drawing, in subtle ways, reflects the struggle.
I also did this sketch last week, but didn’t spend long on it. In a way, I’m doing so much Social Media work, and getting ready for my speaking engagements in California in the next few weeks - that I haven’t really focused on my painting at all.
But that’s not surprising, as I’ve often found that I grow best, by not focusing on any one thing for too long - which is partially why I paint much faster today than I did 20 or 30 years ago. I know exactly what I’m after, and when I reach it, or feel I do, I stop.
I was really happy with the Standing Self Portrait I did last weekend (8 or 9 days ago) and am getting ready to make my next set of MOO Cards with that image in Last few days and Standing Self Portrait
However, over the last week I was at evening gatherings and conferences non-stop and had little chance do more than sketch - and I did some nice sketches at the Metropolitan Museum Saturday night - I was kinda upset at how a situation was going for me and had some free time between the Blogger Social dinner I was attending later in the evening at so I went over to the Met and drew from sculpture and felt much better.
I’ll put some of that drawing work up the next time I get a chance to scan my notebook drawings. BTW, I finally finished my first black sketchbook that covered 9 months or so of my personal drawings - many that I put up here. I bought a new book at Da vinci Art Store, on 21st Street - the only place I know that I can find these perfect drawing notebooks - and now I am carrying around a new one.
I love sketching and feel as if my soul is going into my drawings - maybe it is.
One more thing - here’s a video I made last week while attending Virtual Worlds 2008 and Blogger Social 08.
I had this idea that if I imagined my sketch before I did the sketch - somehow it would alter the drawing for the better - and I did it - and it worked! I wonder if it works for everything else - the power of imagination.
