Monday, September 01, 2008
Pencils at the ready!
“Do not fail to draw something every day, for no matter how little it is, it will do you the world of good.” Cennino Cennini
Or charcoal, or pens, or other drawing implement of your choice! For today is September 1st which means we are only a month away from The Big Draw 2008. If you’re not familiar with the Big Draw you should check out their website. Essentially it’s a month long campaign to get people drawing. It’s UK based which means there are no events locally that I can take part in but I’m not going to let a pesky little detail like that stop me! Last year, as some of my regular readers will remember, I took part by doing a drawing a day for the month of October and posting the results here on my blog and on my flickr account.
I’m going to attempt to do it again this year - given that I have my U211 exam and my new course starting in early October that might not be the best idea ever but I’m going to give it a go! Like last year I’m going to focus on drawing from life.
Hopefully like last year some of you will join in the drawing fun. Let me know and I’ll start a blog roll of participants. The more the merrier! And I don’t want to hear any of that ‘but I can’t draw’ nonsense! One of the aims of the Big Draw is to show that drawing is a life skill within everyone’s reach. And drawing also teaches you to really see the world. Sit down to draw an ordinary every day object like a flower and you’ll start to see details you’ve never noticed before. So even if what you end up with on paper looks nothing like the object you were trying to draw you will still have gained from the experience. So go on, give it a try! You might just surprise yourself!
Remember! Pencils at the ready for Wednesday 1 October!
