It’s been slower than I hoped getting going with this residency, but I think the Happy Pills are starting to do their magic and I’m feeling more motivated to get off the sofa and do some work.
This is my first ‘proper’ residency and my inner perfectionist is constantly telling me I could do better, do more, do cleverer. So I’m taking notice and taking myself back to basics, of when on my art foundation course we drew for the love of making marks – I loved every minute of it.
Today’s drawings have been inspired by my favourite book on drawing, Drawing Projects, an exploration of the language of drawing by Mick Maslen and Jack Southern.
I started drawing how I feel, literally. This exercise uses one hand to draw with while the other feels your face, as you feel, you draw. It’s a great warm up exercise. I think my drawings also reflect how I have been feeling, dysregulated, disassociated, flat and numb. The drawings are of how my face feels when feelings coming back to life.
