Kitchen stuff
Marker on sketchbook paper
5.5 x 8.5
Barbara Muir © 2021
The Month of Love certainly feels like a good turning point in the year.
Last night I had the fantastic idea of trying to draw 100 sketches in a day.
Possible? Yes if I worked for eight hours straight, and did a drawing every
4. 8 minutes, I could do it. But each drawing might be a scribble. Still I
liked the idea. At some point while I was sleeping reason must have taken
over. I woke up and thought, 'Really? What would be the point of that?'
The good thing about the whole idea was how excited I got about the self
imposed challenge. It felt like this intense idea was a breakthrough. I
was so hyped by the concept. This morning I talked to a friend, an artist
in The Netherlands, and she had drawn 8 beautiful drawings of cats in
one evening while she was watching TV! What? So amazing.
But when reason took over for me I decided that it would be better to
just draw all day. I’d see what I got done, and devote as much time as
I wanted to each drawing. That turned out to be a great idea, but in a
day filled with delightful interruptions and other work demands, I did
not draw all day. I did draw, and hey -- I am happy because of my crazy
brain and its deliciously ambitious thoughts.
One Clementine with
dramatic dried leaves
Marker on sketchbook paper
5.5 x 8.5 inches
Barbara Muir © 2021
Here are a couple of things I did. But I must say it was fun.
Plate border
Marker on sketchbook paper
5.5 x 8 inches
Barbara Muir © 2021
Have a loving your life day.
Beautiful drawings. I like that you let yourself take as long as needed to draw. I get impatient or if outside I get cold and hurry too much. Drawing is such a wonderful meditation when I forget to hurry. ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Evelyn,
ReplyDeleteYou could not draw outside in Toronto today -- very cold. I did go for a short walk,
but you could not stand still anywhere. I could of course, always take longer with most of my drawings. Sometimes that's better, and sometimes I go too far. Love your work!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO Barbara