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| 12/28/12 fountain pen, Diamine Eclipse ink, Zig and Pitt markers, Hand Book sketchbook |
It’s starting to feel like when I sketched 100 self-portraits or 100 hands. As long as I’ve assigned this task to myself of practicing drawing cars, I’ve got to find ways to make the
exercise more interesting.
I have a few sketcher friends who are birdwatchers. Although
I’m not a birder, I love sketching birds, and when I listen to the birders talk
about small details – the angle of a tail, the shape of a wing, the “eclipse” plumage – that help them identify various species, it reinforces the
obvious fact that the more I know and understand about what I’m sketching, the more
informed my observation will be, and the better my sketch will turn out. Conversely,
the more I observe and sketch birds, the more I’ll probably learn and
understand about them, and the more I’m likely to appreciate them.
I don’t give a rat’s ass about this truck I sketched at
Green Lake this morning. But I have to admit that I observed some lines and
curves on it that I had never noticed before about this type of truck or any
other. I don’t know enough about this “species” to identify it, but I think if
I were to sketch another one just like it, I would probably remember that I had
sketched it before.
Will this close observation of detail eventually lead me to
better appreciate cars and trucks? Probably not. But I’ll settle for better
sketches of them.
I think when we so a series of sketches on the same topic we just become more aware. That's a good thing! Nice sketch!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, Tina. Nice truck sketch too. Vehicles are just like most things in our world. Until we draw them we don't really see them. For myself, I can draw cars just fine. I just wish I could get someone else to draw the tires for me as I can't get them right to save my soul. Maybe I should draw 100 tires :-)
ReplyDeleteCheers --- Larry
Drawing 100 tires... now THAT task would require creativity to keep it interesting! ;-) Thanks, Larry!
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