Digital Sketches – desire of the pen
Since my project ThousandSketches I have continued to sketch. Digital painting – but I like the term sketch. Many of these are on my art website. That site is still there but I’ve deprecated it and tried to integrate it into this blog. It’s a bit of a mess. Still, this blog becomes an art blog when you click the Art Category. Digital Sketches delivers just my own work.
I’m warming up to posting more. I’ve beed reflecting on the delicacy of nature, and the crudeness of humanity’s sometimes beautiful desire to transcend itself. This began with the earth crosses… natural textures of landscape cut by something I think of as human presence, fast and bold.
That’s 12 years ago. “Green Peace”
Here is a recent one – not in the earth cross series but maybe in a new one.
Maybe it is called “Science”, or “Civilisation”. Playing on the theme of putting borders or frames around art.
Do I put these in the container? or are they better left wild?
Itchy pen.
Analogue eye
This one has been on my mind… could not find it in my digital mess. IMG_0992.JPG
I see my hand in it and a lot of helping hand from the tools. But it is not the tools! It my analogue eye. Old music.
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Autopix
I called this an autopix when I did them. I could do the outline with my eyes shut. Love to re-kindle.
http://www.thousandsketches.com/blog/?s=autopix
Earth Crosses
| The way up and the way down are one and the same – Heraclitus |
I have these up somewhere from years ago, but I’m not maintaining that site.
Austin Kleon & doing art.
I’m a fan. I get his newsletter and calendars.
Look at this beautifully crafted blog post. Inspiring in content and also in form. This would win a blog Oscar if there were one.
https://austinkleon.com/2017/07/13/want-to-be-an-artist-watch-groundhog-day/
Such a simple point. Do a little art everyday. Presented by a thousand art coaches, but here it is fresh and inspiring.
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Now on a more personal more. I committed to work on my art book 15 minutes a day in January. Managed that for about 28 of the 31.
At day 28 I got tired. But more than that I got stuck. I wish I’d read his post then, but never mind, back on the wagon.
The interesting thing is that the book is about the hero’s journey. If you read Austin’s post you will see that he does not like the word journey for the art process. Making art is not linear.
But then again there is a pattern.
Once you are in that “special world” there is really no turning back and going forward there are just tests and ordeals. Until you get through, till you are on the road back.
No way am I through with my project. I’m facing tests and ordeals. And here is a page I’ve got of just that.
This is reflexive moment on the journey. I’m illustrating the trouble I’m in. Back to groundhog day.
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BTW there are plenty of blog awards. One blogger of the year features the slogan Eat, Sleep, Blog, Repeat.
Its more than a year since I posted some of my art. There are reasons! But here are a few more – continuing more or less where I left off.
Seeds
Post Larapinta Trail sketch
Desert Flowers
FP3
