I’ve decided something. I’m going to draw. A lot.
I really like to draw. It may be that drawing and writing is the only thing I’m fairly good at. I can draw seriously and be very meticulous, though I find that somewhat boring and nervewracking. I can draw “art”, though I find it requires a lot of mental consideration and emotional attachment to think about subjects in that light. I can draw and paint art for sale, but that is indeed hard work (try it if you don’t believe me). Or, I can draw simply as a form of visual communication.
From now on, I’m going to look at drawing as something to be used as a communication tool. I will attempt to use it to make my interactions with others more effective, interesting, humorous and pleasurable. That is going to manifest itself most often here at Idle Minutes, but in other ways as well.
So rather than searching for something to draw so I can write about it here, I’m going to search for something to write about here and illustrate what I write. The last few posts have been an experiment in doing so. I found that with the writing being first, the drawing is much easier and much less a search for a “good subject for a drawing”.
Here is what I think will result:
- More drawings and thus more practice
- Mind improvement
- More creativity
- Increased drawing and sketching speed
- More readers
- More ideas for fellow artists
- Personal Growth
- Purposeful drawing and sketching
This isn’t an original idea by the way. I read The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to be the Artist You Truly Are, by Danny Gregory some time back. Through the recent chain of events in my life, I think a lot of what he says in the book suddenly clicked. I’ll not be worrying with perfection of my art. I’ll just simply start producing it and let the chips fall where they will. Drawing to illustrate the written word will make producing drawings much easier.
So, there will be some seemingly off the wall sketches and drawings down the road. But the associated text will make them relevant and hopefully interesting for you.
Leave comments if you will, and do so often. I like to know what you think. And I like to make friends and communicate.
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