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Some of my musings . . . and some of yours.

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Winter Goddess in creation

10/6/2014

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Work has begun in earnest on the 'Winter Goddess' in the 'Goddess Collection' fine art works.  The paper is 'Windsor & Newton' 250gsm Bristol Board, which I love for getting that extra fine detail and smooth skin tones.

In recent years I've switched to drawing with mechanical pencils instead of wooden (traditional) pencils.  Why?  Mainly because of the extra detail I can achieve with the fine leads.  Most of the mechanical pencils are Pentel, and I really like the Pentel GraphGear 1000, it's my favourite 0.3 'pencil', with 2B leads.  I also use a HB 0.3 and a 4H 0.3, plus the same range in 0.5 leads.  I keep a sandpaper block to fine point the end of the leads for the really close detail and then some more traditional pencils for light shading and covering larger areas.

Do you have any favourites when it comes to drawing with pencil?  What have you discovered that works for you?  Or what hasn't?





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Where does your inspiration for your art come from?

24/5/2014

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Trying not to sound like a ‘crazy fool’ here, but really questioning what inspires me to create the artwork I draw.  Is it will or is it interference?

Some will argue that my own imagination is the greatest inspiration I need to create my art.  However, others are convinced my work comes through a spiritual connection to the unseen, unknown and even long forgotten.

Admittedly, spending a lot of time in my own head is important to me and much of my visualization happens in my dreams; I’m just glad I wake up to acknowledge them and store them in my memory.  If I lived for an eternity though, I’d never get them all on paper!

How do you turn inspiration into art?

I understand a blank sheet of paper can be very intimidating and many ideas are screaming to be heard in your head, wanting to be the one that makes it to paper!  I suppose what I’m trying to say is that it’s good to set yourself some limitations; stick with your initial thoughts until you are sure you’re on the wrong thread, then walk away and relax/meditate, or whatever grounds you once again. 

Don't be scared to start again, it’s only a sheet of paper at this stage.  I’ve learnt the hard way by pushing on with a picture that never felt right, only to finish it and then hide it away; a waste of time but for the lesson it taught me.  A great piece of advice I was given many years ago:  Draw what inspires you, some but not all will like or connect with what you’ve put on paper, that is the nature of art and art lovers.


So tell me, what are your inspirations?  Where do they originate?  How do you let the subject manifest itself onto paper?


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    Twisted Hazel Artist Hazel Colton is interested in finding out the roots of inspiration, both hers and yours.

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