I do these drawings very quickly: put some watercolor down on my sketchbook page (The page size is 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches). I then draw the bird or whatever I draw with a ballpoint pen. Once the paint dries a bit, I use a crayon to add texture by rubbing something (corrugated cardboard, a clam shell, a drafting template, some wire…). That's it but already I see certain dynamics at work:
- on some, the idea just charges out, right out of the gate
- others involve artistic noodling before some mark suggests a concept
- some are about human emotional or psychological concepts
- a few are kind of about birds!
I suppose, if you care, you might find other things going on or things that aren't going on that I remain oblivious to. Such is life!
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| checking things out |
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| a parade |
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| Chicken Little |
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| bird songs |
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| star pretzels |
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| lunch time |
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| show off |
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| terrified |
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| something about global warming |
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| turkey family |
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| offsetting one's neuroses |
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| a trip to the Mall |
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| How'd you get in that hole? |
