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.
Something that sounds like music
Do fundamental skills really need to come first? Or, instead of learning those, can we focus on why we’re doing in the first place?
Which idea is the right one?
With so many potential paintings, drawings, and ideas to make, how does anyone prioritise their precious time on Earth?
Do you want fries with that?
How does a culture of add-ons and upgrades effect how we make art?
Did Chopin want to be the nocturne guy?
Is it possible to trap ourselves into a ‘style’ or ‘type of work’ because it’s easier for the world to understand simplicity?
Escaping the whirlpool of doubt and uncertainty
Is it possible that making marks on paper – either letters or lines – can help us navigate otherwise overwhelming decisions?