Settle in because after missing last week's Sunday, I'm feeling all introspective and there's bound to be a tangent on the horizon. It's going to be a bit messy over the next month or so, until I make some big changed to everything going forward.
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It was bound to happen sometime, but I skipped sketchbook 84 last week thanks to a bunch of personal commitments and generally being too busy. The up side is that part of the distraction was related to a big art project, so I figure it all balances out in the end. I'm still not keen on skipping weeks, so here's hoping it's a rare occurrence either way.
This week I spent a bit more time on a digital sketch, so it's not really a doodle per se, but I've included it on purpose. In comparison to the limitations of pen on paper, I was reminded that digital sketching offers a lot of nuance and detail. I was also reminded that I don't suck as much as I thought I did.
I'm in a bit of a fix this week, as I'm occupied by a different project. It's a big project, so part of me wanted to turn these weekly doodles into progress reports, but that kind of defeats the purpose. In some ways it's exciting to share what we're working on, but I've also learned to try and keep my mouth shut until ambitious endeavours have come to fruition.
Part of me wants to write an entire post about the practice of pitching, or speculative work. It's something that artists of all mediums have to deal with at some point in their life, so I think it's an important thing to think about. However, I figured it might be a bit too much "shop-talk" for its own post, so I'll put it here instead.
Something as simple as a line can be so enticing sometimes. Of course many things are made up of lines, but we tend to look at the forest instead of the trees. Part of the reason I love doing doodles with pen is that it forces you to think about the lines you're making as you place ink on the paper.
Once again I was hoping to accomplish more this week, but there's nothing to change the past. I suppose that's one of the benefits of weekly accountability: whatever it is, it is. I often get frustrated by how tailored the internet can be, especially with social media; so I take a bit of pleasure in keeping things real. Even when they're bad.
Maybe I've been spending too much time around friends and family who are teachers or studying to be teachers, but I've been thinking a lot about a "growth mindset". I mean, it's basically the philosophy behind these posts, so it's not a giant leap to consider such a thing.
I always find it interesting to consider the relationship between an artist and their work. I often try to consider art for its own merits, as I also like to give people the benefit of the doubt. Fame is a weird mind flood that leaves a lot of people feeling like they know someone they've never met, and attributing value to that non-existent relationship in an irrational way.