Artist Illustrator Writer Singer
How do we express our emotions and ideas? Melodies, pencils, watercolor, words, or finger paints. Is it saying the same thing in different “languages”.
Here are sketches and the reference photo of Dorothy Dandridge. Each attempt shows me different information to learn something knew.
Hey ya’ll…Try something in a different way for fun. Tell us how it went.
Do you see what you want to see? Sometimes I wrinkle my nose up just right to make things look better. 20 minutes studies are a great exercise…to send my perfectionist to time-out.
I’ve continued my sketching every day. Usually, I start and end with the pencil. After watching a youtube video by Tony Rodriguez, bravery knocked on my imagination and I answered the door.
This is a 20-minute watercolor and pencil… but I started with watercolor making big shapes. (rather than drawing nose hairs first.)
It’s one giant pendulum swing to the left. LOL
I once believed that to learn an instrument or a skill, I needed to hide in the woods, a closet, or stay out of sight til no one was around.
I don’t believe that any longer. In my early 70s, I fell in love with learning to draw and paint. (Yeah, right. It takes 30 years to get good… what was I thinking?) I took the enigma as my get-home free card. As a beginner, no matter what my age, I have the right to make a mess and reach beyond my skills to touch the images I’ve imagined, because we all have to start somewhere.
As a songwriter/performer, speaker, and author, I boldly scrawled in big crayons. “Each person is totally unique and has a precious piece of life to share.. that no one else can duplicate.”
So… I called my own bluff….every day I draw… somedays it clicks and other days it misses, but I always learn and I always enjoy the adventure. Enjoy. #crowspun #crowjohnsonevans #beginning #sketching #learning
