Even if it is only a quick sketch, or playing around with doodles, I have made a promise to myself to do some kind of drawing a minimum of once a week. Preferably more often than that. Some may be done in a journal/sketchbook and some may be on scraps of paper that will later get stuffed into my on again/off again journal. I admit, I LOVE the idea of journals, and have good intentions when I start one, but they always end up pretty hit or miss, and months can go by between one page and the next.
In an effort to prod myself along, I am going to post many of the drawings here. At first I know they are going to be rough. Also, I don't use a model. I sketch from my imagination. If I need anatomy help, I go to magazines. I live too far out of town for any model to want to drive out this far, and I can't really afford to pay one.
So, what do I want these future drawings and finished works to say, since I have a very good imagination? I suspect they will mix together all the things I love...
MYSTERY....MAGIC....MAPS....COSTUME....ORNAMENTATION
So here is the first one. Doodles on a printout of one of my snow photos, and a quick sketch in Sharpie over pencil. Remember, as I said, these first sketches will be rough, since right now it feels like I am drawing with clubbed fingers. But with time, and the zillions of ideas I have, I hope the finished pieces will start to sing.
