I’m usually the person who plans their drawings meticulously, but lately I’ve been drawing and letting the composition appear on paper.
With all that is going on in the world, I have a yearning for gentleness lately, drawing meditavely, without judgement. When bad things happen around me, I always get a counter-response and start paying extra attention to people, being nicer, and also being nicer to myself.
And when my head is full, I want to relax. Drawing for me is relaxation. However, planning a drawing and then getting a different result than expected can also be limiting and less satisfying.
So the other day, I just started. With no plan, no goal, I just started drawing. You can start drawing or painting, and see where your composition takes you. And it was SO FREEING.
Letting your hands lead and your mind get into a kind of flow mindset is extremely relaxing, and I must say I was surprised by the result. Because apparently these lines were already in my head. And it came as a drawing, like a thread unwinding, on paper.
The timelapse you see here shows my process during a Summer Wildflower drawing session , which I hosted with
. These are very quick exercises, and I painted without a preconceived plan. Maybe they’re just visual notes. Maybe it's an entry point for later, larger paintings.But it doesn't have to be anything else either.
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