Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been drawing almost everyday. Not in a sketchbook, like I’m used to, but digitally. I’ve never felt that drawing digitally was drawing at all, it often felt like a different thing. But now, I’m finding that whilst it does feel different; it’s doing the same thing to my brain. The more I draw, the more I write. The more I write, the more ideas I generate. The more ideas I generate, the more I need to visualise them – it’s a self-fuelling loop and one that is nourished by the same activity of drawing whether using traditional or digital techniques.
Can I do this?
Where does the motivation for beginning mark making come from? Why would I even try in the first place?
Visibility and confidence
How might we become less reliant on other people’s reaction to our work and the confidence to make more of it?
Proof of existence
Why do I feel compelled to share my work with anyone at all? Isn’t it enough just to make it for me?
Something beyond raw materials
Some work, like some meals, stand out more than others. So what’s on the plate or canvas that goes beyond ingredients or paint?
Effort has value
Whether we’re aware of it or not, humans tend to be able to feel the human effort behind work.