When I was a teenager and first taking college classes, I wanted to be an artist. I took several art classes at the local college, until one day when a successful artist was invited to speak to our class. I remember he told us that if we didn't eat, sleep, drink art, not to go into it, because it was a difficult path, and not usually a lucrative one.
That guest artist had a profound effect on me. It decided me against studying art in college. I remember thinking at the time that I preferred writing to drawing and painting. Not that I then decided to go to school in English or literature, but that's a different story.
When I was learning bookmaking, I also learned how to do transfer drawings/ transfer monotypes. Here is an article explaining transfer drawings. I made 15 drawings, which was quite the challenge for me. Since then, I've made maybe as many more. I still feel very tentative about it, but it's also exciting and fun to explore visual art again. Not to say that I never draw at all, but not as much as I feel like I have in the past year. It's been a good thing for me to stretch my creativity. My husband has been so encouraging and kind to me about these drawings, and I'm so grateful for that!
Here's a look at a few that I've done:
I didn't even know about these, except the top one. I am quite drawn to them as well, and like the one with the snakes especially. I hope you keep this up. Thanks for putting up this post.
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I love these—especially the Julian of Norwich inspired one!!!! 💜💚
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