More Practice with my Digital Pen and Tablet
I've been trying to hone my skills with my digital pen and graphics tablet over the past couple of days. I have to say, this is not helping me get any rest though!
Last night I started on what I thought would be a little test project. It is something I've always wanted to draw and paint... an old rural gas station... some dramatic lighting. By 3am, I knew I bit off more than I could chew for a "little test project".
My intention was to just sketch out some ideas. The sketches developed quickly and then I was adding background and foreground (although, for me, the foreground could use something more)... and filling with color. Before long, I was having difficulty keeping my eyes open!
The problem with a project like this is that I've learned that once I get my creativity flowing, I really need to allow that flow to continue for as long as possible. Coming back to an art project later rarely works well for me.
The next time I sit down and try to start that creative flow again, I find that the creativity is different... this affects color... light... shadow... tone... it affects everything on the canvas. Whenever I do split up my work on a single project, I can see the differences when I view my work even years later. It is something that bothers me tremendously.
I guess one of the problems is related to my skills. Sometimes my hand can work wonders. Other times my hand lacks fluidity and accuracy as though my hand were some tool that I was holding with pliers and trying to control with fine accuracy. Consistency of skills as related to fine motor skills... clearly a problem caused or exaggerated by my illness.
Another problem is simply that artistic creativity must flow... it can't be forced... and that flow must me fluid and consistent.
So, I fought the drowsiness and fatigue and worked until 3am... then started cleaning up and getting ready for bed.
Oh... the moon has always had a tremendous affect on me and we are approaching a full moon... and it is a super-moon... even an eclipse approaching... the more pull from that moon, the more creative and active I become. When I was young and healthy, I would not sleep at all for days leading up to the full moon! I'd be bouncing off the walls when I was stuck indoors. As I got older, I still would not sleep but I found my creativity was at its best during these periods and I often would sit, in the dark, at the piano all through the night.
So... last night's "little test project"...
Last night I started on what I thought would be a little test project. It is something I've always wanted to draw and paint... an old rural gas station... some dramatic lighting. By 3am, I knew I bit off more than I could chew for a "little test project".
My intention was to just sketch out some ideas. The sketches developed quickly and then I was adding background and foreground (although, for me, the foreground could use something more)... and filling with color. Before long, I was having difficulty keeping my eyes open!
The problem with a project like this is that I've learned that once I get my creativity flowing, I really need to allow that flow to continue for as long as possible. Coming back to an art project later rarely works well for me.
The next time I sit down and try to start that creative flow again, I find that the creativity is different... this affects color... light... shadow... tone... it affects everything on the canvas. Whenever I do split up my work on a single project, I can see the differences when I view my work even years later. It is something that bothers me tremendously.
I guess one of the problems is related to my skills. Sometimes my hand can work wonders. Other times my hand lacks fluidity and accuracy as though my hand were some tool that I was holding with pliers and trying to control with fine accuracy. Consistency of skills as related to fine motor skills... clearly a problem caused or exaggerated by my illness.
Another problem is simply that artistic creativity must flow... it can't be forced... and that flow must me fluid and consistent.
So, I fought the drowsiness and fatigue and worked until 3am... then started cleaning up and getting ready for bed.
Oh... the moon has always had a tremendous affect on me and we are approaching a full moon... and it is a super-moon... even an eclipse approaching... the more pull from that moon, the more creative and active I become. When I was young and healthy, I would not sleep at all for days leading up to the full moon! I'd be bouncing off the walls when I was stuck indoors. As I got older, I still would not sleep but I found my creativity was at its best during these periods and I often would sit, in the dark, at the piano all through the night.
So... last night's "little test project"...
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