Sketch journal Oct, Nov, Dec 2023
I’m getting tired of my review and there are a lot of boring pages in the last quarter of 2023. But here are some favorites.
I find this collage so lighthearted, with the wing shapes rising in the air. I didn’t want to add any lines to it. What are the wings carrying, a note?
This rock shape was simply cut out of a decorated piece of paper. I added the horizon line and the plant shape in charcoal. I like how they look next to each other.
In November, I pasted in trace monotypes. I wrote about and posted photos of some of the trace monotypes at that time.
In December, I pulled out a big book of Joan Miró’s art. I copied small sections of some paintings. I had a lot of fun replicating some of his motifs and pondering his titles.
My next step is to make notes of what I learned from my 2023 sketch journal. I am already visualizing how to make some books to hold 2024 drawings. One definite idea is to stick with certain approaches, exploring them longer and in a series. Although I can see the value in jumping around like I did, dredging up ideas from my blank mind. There were a lot of days where I did not have any idea what to draw in the journal and I’d like to reduce that feeling of cluelessness.
Looking forward to seeing how you deal with that ‘cluelessness’…for now I ponder ahead of time. As an example, I’ve pondered what the tiny Feb. calendar page will hold. We’ll see if that helps me.
It helps to commit to a form waiting to be filled up – your tiny page every month, my books. There’s still cluelessness, but some sort of commitment.
i admire this endeavor SOOOOO much……the feeling i have of you continuing on through the months, your intention finding its
way through all the possibilities….wonder what something in the least bit similar might feel like for me…????….., a real example of
clueless….i don’t have the ability to do anything like this….and it’s interesting to try to imagine…
Dear grace, you are an example to me with your daily showing-up at your blog, your research, your work in loving the world. You inspire me!
Ha, was just feeling this after my December strays burst forth from some old drawing about torn., I dredged up an old word from the old blog. Blur-ity… it works for me. I used to feel frustrated but it has become the soft path.
The soft path – sounds like what I’m hoping for.