The simplicity of a line!

There is something about drawing with a pen that I love.
The mistakes have to be kept and the simplicity of a line is something that always fascinates me.
David Hockney was the first person to really grab me.
Still by far my favourite are his line drawings.
Beautiful and inspirational.

Not quite a Hockney, but nice to do! : )

Wish the video was better for this, but nice to listen to all the same.
This popped up today to, always nice to hear a bit of Orbital.

No time for being creative!

So it was back to full on teaching this week.
That as well as other commitments has meant not much tome for doing what I enjoy the most!
The same for the weekend too, so full on.
So, just to satisfy my own needs I did a few blind drawings.
Nothing mind blowing but nice to draw.

Soon hopefully I will have more time to dedicate.

Lovely Lurchers

So it's 10pm and I hadn't done a drawing!
So I thought I'd better do a quick sketch before bed.
So here it is. (Oh I did paint one of yesterdays dogs, I'll take pics tomorrow!)
Night, night.
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Frank Sinatra -The Girl From Ipanema

Quickening the pace.

So this mornings thoughts regarding lesson planning started well, but ended very quickly!
I just wanted to draw and I thought why deny myself the pleasure.
I can plan tomorrow right?
So I began drawing, in a similar way to yestaerday, part blind drawing, part observational.
I'm liking the freedom this gives me.
Slightly wonky, not quite right images, means character and expression, both good.
Below are the original sketches and I will now go on to add colour.
I think I might paint, haven't used paint in a long time!

Results to follow.

 

 

 

Loosening up!

So tonight I set myself a task, quick drawings.
Some blind drawings, where I did not look at the page at all, others a bit of looking and not looking.
These are the results.
(colour added after drawing has been completed!)
It's nice not to be precious and see what happens.
I need to do more of this, with my drawing and just life in general.
I will start as of now.
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