Back to the sketchbook

I've really been trying to get back to drawing but then I'd keep pushing it back in my head and forget about it. I finally realized that it was a supply problem and a light problem and also a subject matter problem. For supplies it was pens so I went out and bought some Pilot pens (V5 and V10 Tecpoints) and just let go of the attachment I have to FC pens because I can't find them anywhere near me. I fixed the light in my bedroom and rigged an extension cord to the bed table and finally I gave up on my obligation to draw different interesting stuff and just started drawing an obsessive amount of chairs. I really love drawing furniture.

I hate drawing shoes. I suck at shoes. I HAD to draw a shoe for a card I was making and it drove me nuts. I drew seven shoes and none looked right. I kept asking myself why I'd decided to make a shoe card and got two other people involved. Too late to bail out especially since it was my idea. I muddled through it though!



Little S it turns out LOVES drawing shoes. He drew hundreds of shoes for days. I've got STACKS of shoe drawings.



My point is that yes you can take a long break from drawing and get back to it and it's fine. I'm picking up my level again--it's taken a few weeks. I´m learning to let go of my drawing rules and just let myself go with it. And I think my other point is to draw what you like to draw because like Little S I'm on a drawing kick and my sketchbook is full of nothing but chairs. Go figure.