Ok I admit it I freaked out a little bit. I made a drawing, when I looked at I thought... this is really good. I started with an idea but then I just let it flow, and flow it did. I showed it to a friend and they innocently compared it to an artist that I hold in very high esteem. An idol of mine. I looked at the piece and I thought, yup it reminds me of that artist also.
This is where the freak out occurred. How could I possibly be that good? I could never make a piece that good. So I looked at the piece again and again, day after day, and I kept seeing a very strong piece. So..... I didn't do any more drawing for a while. I think I felt like ...
A, yeah that was good, how are you going to follow that?
B, are people going to look at it and say, she is trying to be this other famous artist?
C, are you succeeding? ... you don't do that you hold back just a little bit so you can always say, well I didn't really try my hardest.
So some weeks later I am forcing myself to just draw.... just do it, I don't care if you like it, if they are good, if they are complete, just draw.
Stay tuned for more drawings, I got a pen and india ink, I used to love it, it is hard though. I will practice with it, but I am going to get regular pens too, today I was so frustrated trying to re-master the pen and ink.
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