A Temple....
A Temple.... Pen and Ink Drawing on board (20" X 24"), modelled on a picture I saw once of a ruined Roman style Temple in Turkey, all freehand (no ruler used) and drawn with a Rapidograph drafting pen that draws a line about the width of a human hair using a technique called stippling (tiny dots)....and several hundred hours. Art is a good way to hone visualization skills.
"A TEMPLE" A Pen and Ink Drawing by Emile Cole
Anybody else here paint or draw? Emile
drawing
i used to, and although for the most part enjoy the place u go to when drawing where no concept
of time, languag or wordly troubles exist i was almost always dissapointed with my works, many times
way before any kind of completion. I guess i got sick of the internal struggle of maintaining the right
mindset or recapturing it to finish of somthing i started to want to continue. also i was frustrated with
some creations i persisted with despite that and the apparent lack of message or feeling in the completed.
drawing is drawing.. i guess my soul wants art. its needs to 'speak' i guess you could say i havnt yet found
the key to unlock what it is i should say.
i do miss my 'meditations' or whatever that place is where drawing takes place tho. Maybe i should start again,
with less expectations of myself to live upto.
Sabine, i think I
Sabine,
i think I understand we're you are comming from. I have dabbled in art for many years but in high school I had the most terrible art teacher who was very negative about my work and I lost a lot of confidance in what I was doing. My work was never accurate enough, it did not look perfect and I was constantly disappointed with the results.
I continued to dabble but never really taking it seriously or thinking that I was ever really that good at it.
Then nearly two years ago I decided to try again and focus on one medium, water color. The first lessons I went to were again with a teacher who was ok but Then I found a mentor who is just the best and i have found that wonderful place you go to when drawing and painting and creating. I have also learnt that your work is perfect no matter how it turns out because you alway learn from each piece you do. And that art is very subjective, something you like others may not and I think that is one of the hardest parts about showing your art to others. Not every one out there understand the effort you go to in producing what you have done And there off the cuff comments can be very hurtful with out them even realizing it. In producing and displaying art you do have to have a bit of a think skin, but it is worth it. I love watching my creations come to life, some times how I planned, sometimes not but I always enjoy putting brush to paper and that I think is the most important part of the whole experiance.
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I love the drawing! It's
I love the drawing! It's wonderful! Thanks for sharing!
I'm a portrait artist,
I'm a portrait artist, working in graphite/charcoal or soft pastel. I've been doing portraits (live model or photographic reference) for quite a few years now. I love working with the human face, and the human figure.....getting a likeness has never been much of a problem for me, but it's always a challenge to capture the essence of a personality. Portrature is never EASY, and as John Singer Seargent once said, a portrait "Is a picture of somone where there is something wrong with the mouth..."
I LOVE my artwork, and part of my nature diary always includes field sketches, usually done in pencil or with a General's Carbon Sketch (one of the materials I learned about in a realistic drawing class with J.D. Hillberry). Your pen and ink stippling work is wonderful. I've done a little of that, so I know what it means to spend HOURS and HOURS with those dots.......
Congrats!