I feel like I've had a lot of nothing to say recently, so I haven't said it.
BUT. I feel like I have had a bit of an epiphany re: art recently. I kind of didn't want to say anything at first in case I changed my mind (and I may still do that), but I have a post going up on my sketchblog that mentions it, so I may as well say it here, too.
In all the time I spent doing colouring pages, I wasn't intentionally thinking about what I wanted to do with art, but it kept sort of creeping into my thoughts anyway. And my feeling is thus: I want to make pictures of little dudes doing stuff. For the time being, anyway.
It isn't even a new thing - any of you who've been around me long enough will know I've done this sort of thing before, several times, but I've never really stuck to it. I think because I thought it felt like cheating. Which is dumb, really. I've always liked cartoons, but I think one of the disservices art college did was making me feel like drawing cartoons/more comic-y stuff wasn't "proper" art.
(I know it isn't true, but *blows raspberry*)
Something else that had occurred to me before I did the colouring pages was that I really (really) like simple art with strong outlines and bold/bright colours. And that is the sort of stuff I think I want to make, and I think it will suit the sort of things I want to draw.
So that's what I think I'm going to do.
I may also attempt some paintings on wood board because I've discovered I can get cheap ones fairly easily. Like, I don't mind painting on canvas, but it does bug me that it will move, regardless of how tightly it's affixed to the frame, and also that it can be easily damaged. I've been wanting to try painting on a wood panel for a while, after seeing some paintings Peter Draws did, but at the time I didn't know what I wanted to paint. Well now I do! I think!
Also on a semi-related note, I have disabled the membership tiers on my ko-fi page, so it's just back to simple donations. I really fell off the ball with it, and I think I know why to some degree, but also it didn't help having one of my worst depressions while trying to run it. I'm better now, but I need to rethink it a lot, I think.
Anyway, as usual, I have no idea how to end this, so I'm just going to hit the post button and be done with it.
BUT. I feel like I have had a bit of an epiphany re: art recently. I kind of didn't want to say anything at first in case I changed my mind (and I may still do that), but I have a post going up on my sketchblog that mentions it, so I may as well say it here, too.
In all the time I spent doing colouring pages, I wasn't intentionally thinking about what I wanted to do with art, but it kept sort of creeping into my thoughts anyway. And my feeling is thus: I want to make pictures of little dudes doing stuff. For the time being, anyway.
It isn't even a new thing - any of you who've been around me long enough will know I've done this sort of thing before, several times, but I've never really stuck to it. I think because I thought it felt like cheating. Which is dumb, really. I've always liked cartoons, but I think one of the disservices art college did was making me feel like drawing cartoons/more comic-y stuff wasn't "proper" art.
(I know it isn't true, but *blows raspberry*)
Something else that had occurred to me before I did the colouring pages was that I really (really) like simple art with strong outlines and bold/bright colours. And that is the sort of stuff I think I want to make, and I think it will suit the sort of things I want to draw.
So that's what I think I'm going to do.
I may also attempt some paintings on wood board because I've discovered I can get cheap ones fairly easily. Like, I don't mind painting on canvas, but it does bug me that it will move, regardless of how tightly it's affixed to the frame, and also that it can be easily damaged. I've been wanting to try painting on a wood panel for a while, after seeing some paintings Peter Draws did, but at the time I didn't know what I wanted to paint. Well now I do! I think!
Also on a semi-related note, I have disabled the membership tiers on my ko-fi page, so it's just back to simple donations. I really fell off the ball with it, and I think I know why to some degree, but also it didn't help having one of my worst depressions while trying to run it. I'm better now, but I need to rethink it a lot, I think.
Anyway, as usual, I have no idea how to end this, so I'm just going to hit the post button and be done with it.
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