Confined {I.F.}
January 14th, 2010 | By jen in Art | 12 Comments »
For Illustration Friday.
This drawing was an exercise, an exercise in working through a creative block that I hit this week. Everything seemed to be going smoothly earlier this week and then for some reason, probably all the life-things not art-related, I really wasn’t feeling creative. At all. But I wanted to be. It’s crap, that feeling.
I find it difficult to not over-think and analyze things that I do, including drawing. I mean, my day job is, at times, very cerebral which fits my personality quite well but so much thinking — to clarify again: OVER-thinking — can be bad for the imagination.
So I told myself to just draw and stop editing myself. I remember drawing as a kid, for HOURS, and not being too concerned with the outcome. Oh! I just remembered, I used to love to draw Betty Boop, hee hee! I would create all kinds of outfits and scenarios for her. Silly things. And it was really fun. So, there was a time when I would draw for the sheer pleasure of it. Do you remember that feeling?
