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I’ve been in a deep tangle with the assignments from my drawing class recently. I think it’s mainly because I hate shading and doing entire pieces in pencil. But also it’s because I feel really stifled when I have to follow stricter guidelines in creative tasks. However, I just finished this one point perspective drawing of an imaginary landscape and I kinda like it! I like the surreal elements I was able to weave in despite having a specific criteria I had to meet overall. Learning to love my art even when it’s not exactly what I planned on making is a process.
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sadly never been artistically talented with a pen (much to my disappointment) but doing small quick drawings is helping me battle against this desire for my creative outlets to be perfect or visually appealing. Not getting discouraged or hyperfixating on the look of it, rather focusing on how good it feels to put pen to paper
It’s very freeing and I will continue to draw inanimate objects poorly without shame
Aug 13, 2024
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I love the focus of everyone in the room, for 5, 10, 20 minutes at a time everyone is just there, observing and drawing. I do it only for me, it is not for a class and it is not a skill I am in desperate need of improving. I make work, some good some bad, and I enjoy the act of making and the grounding it gives me. I like the vulnerability of the space, there is no hiding the work you’re making.
As an architecture student I do not trust the art students who do not come to the open figure drawing sessions, like what are you scared of?
Mar 23, 2024
I’ve been drawing everyday in a sketchbook everyday since 2018. Drawing is something that I’ve always wanted to be good at since I was very little.
It’s a skill that anyone can learn, just like any other skill. It’s not a walled-off talent that only comes to a certain number of people, anyone can pick it up and learn.
I love how meditative the process can be, it slows you down and forces you to see objects and perspectives for what they really are, not how you imagine them to be.
Feb 18, 2024
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I really love feeling clean. But I also hate falling asleep with wet hair. But I can also just wear a beanie in the morning. And I know I won’t shower tomorrow if I put it off tonight. I want to feel clean.
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I got heaven, their most recent album, is one of the best I heard last year. I haven’t listened past that, but it’s kinda perfect so idk if you really need to
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