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| Duck ink, charcoal 10-18-2017 |
Knowing when to stop is probably the most important skill that an artist possesses. Sometimes I have it but most often I'm skidding around unaware and I keep adding things to the drawing.
As soon as I added the little marks on the left side of the duck I regretted what I had done. It was too much. I think without them you could still tell that it was a duck, swimming away on a foggy morning. You can see that right?
But I drew those cute little marks to indicate the feathers --just a little naïve calligraphic noise. Just having fun --but they are unnecessary.
But, this is a drawing and it is all about searching, the struggle, showing the scars, etc.
Today, I drew a goose. No struggle here.
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| Goose ink, charcoal 10/19/2017 |
I know that so well. It happens to me every time. But then I also like these drawings with a mistake. More than all these perfect, viruosic drawings I see at other places. One of my teachers once said: Dont photograph with your pencil. And this duck with the little marks on the left side, swimming away on a foggy morning I like very much.
ReplyDeleteMistakes are our dance partner in life. Thank you Klaus!
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