Bingo. Excess within control. Looser, bolder without so much concentration on perfection and more on light and shadow but be bold. Don't get me wrong, there must be a measure of control but know where. Know that it an impression meant to fool the eye, not a copy. That gives it "you" gives it interest and expression. Lights where lights go and dark's where dark's go and the transitions in between. Do it boldly without thinking too much about what thing "really" look like. Carelessness tightened up in places I guess it would be.
I've been thinking about that kind of thing a lot lately..cause i realize that i do control my drawings too much and lose myself along the way...
Ok...be more free...don't overthink..picture what i want and just do it...let it flow..maybe then I cna feel better about what i am doing and then do more...stop thinking about what it looks like and let it turn out how it was meant to...
I say this assuming that the reader has a firm grasp on the basics of drawing, light, shadow and perspective. I've been drawing since I was 4 or 5. That's over 40 years, many of which were frustrating hours of failing and anger. You have to be willing to fail long enough to improve. A lot of people try it and aren't good right away and just assume that they weren't meant to draw when in fact if they had just kept failing until they got better they would have a different view. I canusually tell about how old someone was when they stopped trying because mommy and daddy told them to put such nonsense aside and concentrate on "more important things" like math and geography.
I think because I confine myself so much to what I think is the only way i can do things that it screws me up...I would never give up though...I do think i have improved since i have been here..and it was the result of some blunt comments telling me to improve already that caused me to do so.....I've been drawing since a young age too ...but i hinder myself more than anyone else...so maybe if a person learned less control in their art then they would need less control in everything else and they could improve even more..because i feel like one can definitely feed off the other...
i really like this one, axil....especially the way you reflect the red in and out of the glass.
i also find your loose way of coloring it rather attractive; it is an overall nice piece. great work!
That's just me though. Lots of people do just fine controlling the shit out of each and every pixel or brush stroke. It's whatever you happen to be after I guess. I was thinking today, why? Why do we come here and present ourselves like this? What are we after? What is it that I'm doing here? What am I trying to get across here? Not only that but how am I trying? What do these visual representations have to say? Is it as simple as wanting to show that I can draw? Does it go further? And if so, am I doing it in a manner that is effective? What is the deeper more base reason for a drawing and what can I do to cut out the unnecessary crap that gets in the way of getting the actual point across, whatever that happens to be at the time?
Very valid questions I'd say..mine is always why do i come here to draw..and rarely draw...my pictures only mean soemthing to me....I can't imagine that they could be important to people i don't even know...but i think it's becuase a lot of people feel that way and it gives me a feeling of belonging to soemthing I otherwise would not have...
Maybe it's like being on a bowling team but you don't really love bowling so much as being there and having a beer and jack assing around with the other bowlers. Or maybe you do love bowling, but you also love the jack assing around. It's like Dave, he can't draw shit and rarely even tries. So why is he here at all? He's a lonely old man that want's to believe he is likable to at least a few. I'm hypothesizing of course.
You seem to pick images that would be challenging for most artists; such as, the quality light gives to objects, the reflective properties visible in this pic, the convincing feeling of motion in the painting of the girl riding the bike with that tilt to the road, the effect of light in water in aqua pink. My guess is that you like the admiration you get and deserve for your art. Your capacity for controlling the shit out of every pixel is also there in many of your pics, ... very skillful. I don't really know why you come here and present yourself... but I do know that when I view your work, I have pause to think as an artist, look at how he does this; look at how he seems to be able to capture an endless variety of subjects, one more beautiful than the next. As a child I studied art for a number of years in a program at the Carnegie Museum and after a time I was advanced into a painting class... I remember feeling exactly this way then, looking at several of the really talented people work, very curious about how they seemed to move so easily about the work of creating. I wanted to learn, and their skill was a definite driver for me, as is yours here. So Axil, whatever you happen to be after, is usually something I can find something to think about, even your cartoons and especially your political views. You are very gifted and I am certain as intelligent as you are that you appear that you are aware of this.
Oh I don't know... I've seen some pretty hefty clits in my time. I bet you got one of those big 'ole jobbers that look like a caterpillar crawling out of a dollop of puddin er something.
Oh come on now, don't be so hard on yourself. Sure it's disgusting, but I'm sure there are some guys out there that are willing to look past your monstrous little man in the boat do it to you anyway.
I know. Just playing. Welp....What time is it kids? Thaaaaaaats right! It's time for late night TV!! I'm gonna put my smokey bear hat on my solid gold banana and prop it up so he can watch too.
I fell asleep in my armchair watching tv.I've been waiting all day to have a conversation... then in my absence theres all this activity.I used to come here to show off my drawing skills ... but now i come here not so much to show off my drawing skills but to have interesting conversations like these and contemplate life.
This is really an interesting draw......I really like your loose and bold style. I wish I could learn how to draw like this...I think one of my biggest problems is that I concentrate too much on trying to make everything look perfect, and I don't concentrate on the contrasts of color and lights and darks.....how to get things blended and shaded right....that's why I know that I'm not an artist yet.....I still need to learn a lot. I wish I could just "go with the flow", and not concentrate so much. Anyways ...I read what you wrote here axil, and it really makes sense what you said......maybe I can learn a little from it.
You were sorely missed last night dear Flubbles...I think it's not good to be so serious that late at night..as it leads to sleeplessness and a roaming mind...so now i think I'll just go,back to sleep....
I am not sure I enjoyed BMW and Axil's bantor or this draw more. Even having been mia for quite a while, I knew that this extreme perspective would be yours Axil. Your draws are always so interesting to look at, not only for the skill you exude but the pleasing picture you create. Thanks for lighting my day again with your art.
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Ok...be more free...don't overthink..picture what i want and just do it...let it flow..maybe then I cna feel better about what i am doing and then do more...stop thinking about what it looks like and let it turn out how it was meant to...
i also find your loose way of coloring it rather attractive; it is an overall nice piece. great work!