Drawing = intimacy
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
11:02 AM
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Listening to: Sad Love Story -- Kim Hee-Seon
Mood: In pain
I finally understand.
My homework for ART 100 (Art Appreciation) was to read a chapter on drawing. I actually learned quite a bit that I've never knew before, though I still need to finish it. I only got half way through the chapter last night but that's not the point. One of the first paragraphs was describing what drawing is. Apparently drawing is actually an intimate action.
The textbook described that artist's sketchbooks are not always meant for public views, it's their personal thoughts down on paper. In my own words, a sketchbook is like a journal with pictures instead of words. It makes a lot of sense. I consider myself an artist even though I'm not following it as a career. I've always been a bit weary of showing people my sketches, except for a few selected people unless what I'm making for public view. Only Katie, and my art teacher, Mrs. Gabaldon , are the people who I feel completely comfortable with showing.
Tati as well, though I didn't want to really show her the drawing of him, but after a long time I finally showed her.
I've decided to keep this current sketch book that I promised to fill out for Mrs. Gabaldon close to me, and not almost no one see it. Hopefully by the end of the school year (or even during the summer) I'll completely fill it up. And I want to experiment a bit as well, like trying using just ink instead of pencil. Even as I write this down I feel very weary with my decision right there.
But another fun fact that I learned. During the Renaissance, many artist used something called a metalpoint as their drawing utensil, but what was really interesting was that they used to use pure silver as the pigment placed on the paper like how lead is for pencil today in modern times.
A small update about my "depression", I guess you could call it. It's getting a bit better, I still have quite a bit negative emotions still floating around but I think because the up coming exams I have it's making me focus instead of dwelling on my feelings.
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