Last Nights Drawing. I Make These Tiny Drawings Right Before I Get Into Bed.

Last night’s drawing. I make these tiny drawings right before I get into bed.

I use a 6B pencil and any paper that’s to hand. I have to make drawing as easy as possible, especially at that time of night, so I have a pencil and paper ready on my desk all the time.

I like the painterly-ness of these. They look superb as a collection. Each one brings a little extra out of the one next to it.

I could imagine drawing them in charcoal or ink.

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A small, abstract pencil drawing. I draw these last thing at night right before I get into bed.

This one has a sci-fi feel to it. Is that a helmet at the top?

I use a 6B pencil because I love the really dark lines it makes and the powdery-ness of the graphite.

A small, abstract pencil drawing. I do these right before I get into bed, when I'm tired and have stopped thinking.

This is one of those times when I look at what I've drawn and it creeps me out. My subconscious was obviously working overtime!

Small drawing, approx A7, using Derwent Inktense pencils.

Trying something different for a change: colour(!), using water, and waiting for paint to dry. Thought this might be a problem but it's been a bit of a revelation cos I can still create in breaks from working at the computer.

Future experiments: neater edges and stretch paper.

Some things are still the same: it's small, unplanned and intuitive and I have no idea what it is.