A Small Insight
For what it's worth, here's something I realized tonight about drawing, while drawing.
Too often one can draw at a speed dictated by the mind. For example, if the mind is racing and agitated, then often the hand follows and draws at a frantic pace, in disjointed bits and pieces which reflect, on paper, the mental state.
Or the reverse: sluggish mind, sluggish hand. In both cases the results can be unsatisfactory and disjointed.
Noticing this, one can attempt to intentionally counteract it. When the mind is racing, the hand can be slowed down, the drawing done with attention and deliberation and nuance. Or, when the mind is slow and feeble, set the hand free and draw much faster, without pondering and watching. This may shock the mind and bring forth more clarity.
Perhaps this is why it's difficult to make a hard-and-fast rule about the speed at which one should draw: it depends on what works best in conjunction with the pace of the mind, at the moment of drawing.
Thanks for all the interesting comments about "Holding the Brush". I will post a small followup of thoughts asap, although the comments covered everything very well.
Too often one can draw at a speed dictated by the mind. For example, if the mind is racing and agitated, then often the hand follows and draws at a frantic pace, in disjointed bits and pieces which reflect, on paper, the mental state.
Or the reverse: sluggish mind, sluggish hand. In both cases the results can be unsatisfactory and disjointed.
Noticing this, one can attempt to intentionally counteract it. When the mind is racing, the hand can be slowed down, the drawing done with attention and deliberation and nuance. Or, when the mind is slow and feeble, set the hand free and draw much faster, without pondering and watching. This may shock the mind and bring forth more clarity.
Perhaps this is why it's difficult to make a hard-and-fast rule about the speed at which one should draw: it depends on what works best in conjunction with the pace of the mind, at the moment of drawing.
Thanks for all the interesting comments about "Holding the Brush". I will post a small followup of thoughts asap, although the comments covered everything very well.
posted by Paul Rivoche at 12:31 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Paul
I'm very impressed by your work. BTW, I happen to be a former student of Tom Crook, whome I believe your acquainted with. He taught me a lot.
I absolutely agree with this post.
I used to "challenge" myself by saying I had to finish a drawing in such and such a time. If such and such a time didn't work, I used to try a different time. and then a different time.
But after a while I realized I was actually limiting my abilities rather than challenging them.
I think its more effective to simply challenge your own perceptions and try and observe things as accurately as you can, with little or ( if possible )regard for time. I think time is really only relevent when your doing something professionally or if your a student needing to pass:>
Great drawing of a stadium BTW
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