feestarr
Fiona's personal art blog. I also run lifedrawinganimation !
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Kobayashi Kiyochika, Rainy Night at Kudan Hill, early 20th century.
From Neill Cameron’s Twitter:
I was working recently with a bunch of kids who kept tearing up their own drawings in frustration, so I did something I’ve not done before.
I talked honestly to a classroom full of children about how much I hate my own drawing.
Okay, not the full extent. These kids ain’t ready to hear that. But that I do.
They were kind of appalled, and horrified and fascinated, but anyway, they stopped tearing up their drawings.
As I attempted to explain it — and many of you reading this will know already — when you make a drawing, there are two versions of it.
There’s the version that exists in your head, and then there’s the version that ends up on paper.
And because you can see both versions, you can’t help but compare them, and feel frustrated by the difference.
But here’s the thing, and I think it’s easy to forget this: no-one else can see that first version.
They can’t judge against it. They can only see, and judge, the version that exists on paper.
And you know what, this sounds crazy, but they might actually like it for what it is. They might think it’s cool that you made it.
I mean, holy god, if you guys could see the version of Mega Robo Bros that exists in my head.
Your eyeballs would melt and your heart be burned away by sheer divine fire of amazingness.
But the differences between that version and what’s on the page are only visible to me, and shouldn’t — can’t — matter to anyone else.
If a draing goes a bit wrong, ah well. Look at it, learn, try and make the next one better.
Or, possibly even better: abandon false objective notions of quality altogether and just enjoy the process, the activity, of making a thing.
Not quite how I phrased it to the Year5s, but hopefully you get the idea.
IN SUMMARY: be kinder to your drawings, and yourselves. I know, it’s hard. But try.
(Though this was written by a visual artist, the advice is applicable across creative disciplines – be kind to yourselves and to your stories!)
Blind Sorceress Queen I'm working on at the moment
Good life drawing class tonight.
Really good life drawing class at A4 sounds tonight.
This was such an amazingly funny episode to work on! I remember being in stitches laughing at some of the puns.
Although now I recall..that the first time we watched this through at an episode meeting I lost it at "princess butt for a face" and had to stop taking notes for a few minutes..
Countdown to The End of the Galaxy: 5 days
S2/30: The Party Poopers
Some oil pastel observational drawings from the Dingle film festival. I was so rusty it was embarrassing! It took me at least two hours to get anywhere near warmed up. There were a ton of other talented artists there too!
So for the month of January, I made a decision to draw with my left hand at every life drawing class I went to. I’m normally right handed so it was incredibly challenging and just what I needed to break myself out of a funk. Edit: I didn't realise how bad the photos were. At least you can tell I didn't photoshop them?
I've been watching a ton of Steven Universe lately and its definitely affecting how I draw faces
Won't lie, I'm pretty excited about this tshirt. Here's to almost a year of working on an awesome show with fantastic people!
Decided to give this inktober thing a go. Just getting used to the medium today
Todays life drawing. Last class for a while! 👻
Doing weird doodles today. Culinary disaster.
Recent Galway drawings!
Aaah! That's the show I work on :D
Wander Over Yonder Panel
Can be viewed here, here and here.
And for those who don’t want to be spoiled on a highly anticipated season 2 song…i’d skip the 2nd one.
"Trying to be friends with Toby is like trying to be friends with an evil....snail"