So, I had this odd thought recently. It concerns what I want to happen with drawing, and what actually happens with drawing.
What I want is to draw people, horses, birds...I want to draw living things.
What happens is...well, you see those two abstract pictures in my gallery? That's what happens. It just...comes. It happens naturally, like writing does, or like breathing. I don't think about it, I just do it.
It becomes frustrating for me to try to draw and end up struggling with it so much, usually when I try drawing people (because people are my "go to" thing, as if they were easy or something), and what comes so easily is something I don't see going anywhere. I don't really know what I can draw with it, other than random objects. I drew a rose, once, and I'll be getting that to computer and on here soon.
I think a big thing for me is style. Loosening up. Letting it happen. Because there are no expectations and no real parameters other than what I add to my abstract drawing, it's so much easier to do, because there's no chance of failure. And, with people, there is a lot of expectation, a lot of different parameters that, if you don't get them right, it just doesn't look right.
I also noticed that the people I like the most on DA, of those who draw people, are the "cartoonists," the ones who have their own special style, which is not necessarily correct (I could nitpick away at JJ's work, but I would feel dirty doing so), but looks amazing, sensual, dynamic. It all looks natural.
I can appreciate realism, certainly. Realism is more of a skill, though, rather than a creative expression. At least, that's what it is for me.
I've always looked enviously at people who draw loosely, many lines and scribbles that, somehow, form themselves into these amazing works of art, some kind of beautifully proportioned leg or arm, or even some incredibly expressive eyes.
I suppose what I'm saying is that I don't really like how I do art. I think it's stiff and boring. It's not really very expressive, and on the other hand, it's not really very realistic, either. It's actually difficult to get out, it's a struggle to draw that way, and somehow, I don't think drawing should be so difficult.
So, maybe I'm going to try to do it differently. Maybe I'll put more drawing here, though as always, don't hold your breath. Maybe, one day, I'll be steady about this thing.