Sketching must be the most relaxing drawing style (for me, that is).
There seem to be three types of art subjects that I can think of right now: a) an art piece captured from a real life setting/image ; b) an imagined scene, yet true to real life ; and lastly c) a surreal imagined scene. Please comment with any other ideas you may have - I'd be very interested! I guess to that could also be added, d) graphic design art.
The below sketch is a type B art form. I made something from what I had in my mind, however unclear initially, and crystallized it on paper. At first, I couldn't exactly "see" it in my mind's eye, but I had a feel for what I wanted, and incorporated architecture and furniture that I have observed in the past and really liked. As this is all done from memory, there are bound to be technical errors in my designs, as these are purely from my perception of what I saw, without guidance of an image to correct what I thought I was seeing.
I believe the keener an observer you become of the physical world, the more accurately you will draw and paint. Just take more note of what things actually look like, as you go about your day. I have so often been stumped, when I set myself to draw something from my mind's eye, and discovered I really did not know what it looked like! On the other hand, there are no doubt creative people who are able to conjure very detailed and specific creations in their minds, for conversion to art.
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| The Rapture |
I combined many different snippets of elements I have picked up visually in the past - cracks in tiles, large tiles, old-fashioned windows, heavy wooden beams, pure cotton cloth, simple pitchers, fields of waving grasses... the list goes on. Things I really like!
Please comment if you have anything to contribute to these ramblings, I'd be delighted to hear...
