Leslie’s Art Blog

I’m a few days into my  Drawing A Day  project, and I am already learning something.

My observational skills are RUSTY!

I use my imagination for a lot of my whimsical artwork, and making things up in my mind’s eye is my default mode.  Placing a small object on the drawing table in front of me and drawing it from life is another mode altogether!

What I’m finding is that I want to draw preconceived ideas of what an object looks like.  I try to draw what I ‘think’ I see, rather than what I actually see.

So the Drawing A Day project will be good for me.   I enjoy drawing from life, so it’s going to be fun, and the refreshing of my skill of “seeing” what is actually there truly needs some exercising.

Leslie

Red and Delicious  by  Leslie Hawes (c)   original,  Derwent colored pencil drawing,  6″ x 8″   

I became aware of the Painting A Day phenomenon through Duane Kaiser’s  blog,  A Painting A Day.  Aside from being in awe of someone disciplined enough to do anything every day for a year, other than drinking coffee, I was in awe of Duane’s fabulous painting talent.

I recently tested my artistic discipline by taking one photograph of one object in different settings for 30 consecutive days. I surprised myself and was able to fulfill the project.

Armed with that newfound sense of resolve, this morning I revamped my former Leslie’s Blogger into Leslie’s Drawing A Day.

I did add a disclaimer…it may become “a-drawing-pretty-often” blog, rather than a drawing-a-day blog.

One never knows.

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Red and Delicious, an original colored pencil drawing, can be purchased with PayPal by visiting Leslie’s Drawing A Day.