In between grasses and herbs, this flower really stands out. I took this picture with my camera lying on the ground, to look at dimensions in another way.
What if I was looking at it in a different way?
What if I only use one colour?
What if I let go of dimensions and just go with the flow?
What if there is another solution?
And so on...
Creativity gives options and possibilities, I like it.
In a grocery magazine there were these pictures of plastic bottles, trampled and squashed in only light blue colours. Because it had so many shapes and seemed quite difficult, I decided to give it a try, and this is the result:
Simple, basic, could be better and maybe more interesting... those are my thoughts on this. But it is a good lesson to look at shapes and shades, so I enjoyed it.
I spotted a picture of a young woman, and took her as an example for my exercise in my sketchbook. I chose a page which I had already prepared with an acrylic base, and started drawing with a black aquarel pencil. She was looking downwards so her nose was rather long and she had her eyes closed.
When I start I often think: Oh this is too difficult... I cannot do it. But for me just starting helps, especially when you use a light sketchy touch to your pencil so you can correct dimensions and shapes, until you find that it might actually work. This way the drawing turned out better than I thought. Also the acylic underground gives somes structure, and of course soft undertone, which I like.
I'd say: take out a piece of paper and begin!
Two weeks hiking and relaxing in the Alps has given me enough rest and inspiration to return to work and creating. I always bring a sketchbook and notebook with me, for the moments of ideas. But often I just enjoy being outside and reading a book. I have not finished the one on Picasso and Gilot yet...
I am hoping to return to the charcoal portraits which I have been enjoying. This is another one I made, you can already find it in my Etsy-shop:
In August I am always helping out on an event, so time will be spent on that too.
