{"id":284,"date":"2009-09-19T13:37:59","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T18:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=284"},"modified":"2010-03-20T16:40:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T21:40:24","slug":"not-quite-a-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/not-quite-a-drawing\/","title":{"rendered":"Not quite a drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Goal<\/a> number 8 is to improve my drawing. This, like improving cardio endurance or improving one’s cable-knitting\u00a0skills, is a matter of practice.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, when I was wasting time on the Internet, I came across an image on Sugar City Journal<\/a>. It was striking to me. Her image appears to be collage, it is of little red riding hood as she approaches the woods, the wolf peering at her from behind a tree. I bookmarked the page to return to it later.<\/p>\n

I decided that this image, one that was so striking to me would be a good candidate to draw. I did a very quick and hasty freehand sketch of the image last night. This morning, with the sketch sitting on the table where I write this blog, it called to me, saying, “paint me.” I think that the image could have been really cool done with watercolors; however, it was sketched on a recycled sheet of copier paper and I wasn’t interested in making a big mess so close to my computer. I turned, instead, to my super cheap student cakes of gouache. Then, I went at it. Without referring again to the original image. It is interesting to me to see the ways that my memory of the image were different than what I originally saw.<\/p>\n

It occurred to me that I haven’t drawn or painted in so long that I don’t even know where my supplies are. I have paper for this sort of thing, a variety of (cheapo student) brushes. I have all sorts of supplies to make these things happen, things that I have accumulated over time, the pack rat that I am. However, I have failed to create an environment in which doing these things comes easily. Once I committed to the idea of putting pencil, then brush to paper, this took little time at all, and was, indeed satisfying.<\/p>\n

I am not beating up on myself, after all, I have a young son, a full-time job that challenges me, and other hobbies. I try to cook well, and exercise and get enough sleep. There is much going on and little lazing about on a nearby couch passively taking in the flicker of a TV. (Confession: I do waste a lot of time online.) Ultimately, though, this is about choices, about being responsible for the allocation of what may be one’s most valuable resource, time.<\/p>\n

Things to think about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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