AKA The-Post-Where-I-Talk-A-Lot-So-Skip-It-If-You’re-Just-Here-For-Pictures
So this blog is kind of amazing fun. I have had packets of pens and comic board for months. I buy all of these art books, flip to the ‘recommended materials’ page and make sure that I own whatever is recommended. But then my passion dwindles away and I don’t touch the art supplies that I have. I have so much that I don’t use and thanks to this blog I see that changing every day.
I don’t need to make a living out of my art. At least, not a paid one. Don’t get me wrong, it would be great, but the thing that I want more than anything is to always be drawing. All the time. The most painful thing is to want that so much and then never act on it. There was always a job to be at, or a book to read. Heck, even when I did muster the stuff to sit at my art desk with a nice piece of bristol I would be at a loss for what I wanted to do. Whatever piece I started I would have to spend hours on, what warrented that amount of time?
It’s not like I wasn’t drawing. I have piles of sketch books. My standard is a piece of paper and a pen. I love just free sketching and I did not see a reason to take any sketch that I liked and work on it further in oil or charcoal, or whatever. At the same time I knew that I was not going to be a great artist if I did not start stepping up to the artistic plate.
I’m pretty dang thankful that I thought of this blog. It keeps me constantly drawing and looking ahead to the next piece. That is exactly the life that I’ve always wanted for myself. It just feels good knowing that I’m drawing.
On that note, I need to thank the people that keep giving me suggestions. I feel like I’m bothering really busy, really awesome people, but no one has be less than gracious to me. That really makes me want to keep doing this.
So thanks!