Musings on: Drawing

"Do not fail, as you go on, to draw something every day, for no matter how little it is, it will be well worthwhile, and it will do you a world of good." ~ Cennini. 

I've recently started to draw again.  It's soothing, in a frustrating sort of way.  I can be a perfectionist, I'm afraid, and drawing is one of those areas that really triggers it.  A few years back, I went to some informal art classes over the summer, and while I learned very little about technique or materials, I did learn that it was okay to make mistakes.  Which, when I'm erasing a line for the tenth time, is a very good thing to remember.  For that matter, it's a good thing to remember anyway, not just when drawing. 

I'd say that is also a part of the reason I draw with charcoal or graphite, rather than in colors or painting - I *can* take the eraser to the page and start over.  Plus, the detail you can get is really pretty amazing.  I've got a few sketches that I'll try to figure out a way to post here, at some point in the near future.

Another attraction to drawing - it's portable.  It's easy to slip a sketchbook and pencil case in your bag, and there is always something around to use as a model, even if it's just a quick outline that you can work from later to make a more detailed drawing.   Or, you can just sit and doodle little abstract drawings, which sometimes can be illuminating to what is going on in your mind at the time, if you're into analyzing things like that.

Anyway, I must sign off for now, and submit myself to that most sacred of female self-torture rituals:  The Clothes Shopping Trip. 

~Zahrah