I Tried Drawing With A Brush Pen For The First Time And I Was Way Out Of My Comfort Zone And Not Happy.

I tried drawing with a brush pen for the first time and I was way out of my comfort zone and not happy. At all. (See below). Note to self: it would have gone much better if I had no expectations of the brush or my ability!

I hate feeling despondent so I tried to to salvage the situation by distorting a photo of it with a kaleidoscope app.

It was fun and at least it banished my blues!

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!

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

A new liminal drawing.

I draw these just before getting into bed when I'm tired and have stopped thinking. Although they are drawn on individual pieces of paper they are more like drawings from a sketchbook, finished but raw.

I like working this way because each one evolves in its own space without being directly influenced by the drawing(s) next to it.

Imagine if this was taught at school!

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.