25 Jan 2013

Illustrations








I've been drawing since I was a kid. I thought I'd be a high rolling graphic designer, or change the world with my exquisite works of fine art when I first started out.

The more art I studied and took in, the harder I tried to emulate my heroes, and the more disappointed in my own abilities I became.

So I 'packed it in' and concentrated on real things instead, like babies and a marriage jobs that paid the rent.

I still doodle, and now the marriage is gone, the babies are young men.

I spend too much on art books though, and too much time doodling when I should be cleaning or studying, and it breaks my heart that I never tried harder to get better at putting the things I dream about onto paper....a cautionary tale to the young there...

Sometimes, I'll start a drawing, and amaze myself with the accuracy or the ease the images appear...other times I'm surrounded by scrunched up pieces of paper and overwhelmed with my own inadequacies...but I never stop trying.

Sometimes I'll spend ages sharpening pencils and never commit them to paper.


If any of this strikes a chord I'd love to hear from you.

6 comments:

  1. Any of it strike a chord??? All of it does! I particularly love the over shoulder tattoo. Such a shame we spend some much time on the stuff we "must" do and so little on the stuff we love to do. x

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    1. Isn't it. Jobs that pay the rent, and sometimes don't even do that can suck the life out of you. Thanks for reading xx

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  2. Isn't it. Jobs that pay the rent, and sometimes don't even do that can suck the life out of you. Thanks for reading xx

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  3. Holy moly you've got a real talent there girl! Some of these remind me of Mark Rydens paintings, he's my favourite! Love love love them x x x

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  4. Lovely drawings, there's real talent at work here. Those pencil & red tint babies, in particular...something creepy about them, without being overtly horrific...

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