Second day of my week off and by sheer luck, both days have been sunny . Although good obviously, it means I’m kind of torn between catching up with my own work and spending as much time as I can outside. All of those months cooped up inside an air conditioned building have taken their toll.
Yesterday, I started drawing again as I felt that I needed to get my ideas down on paper rather than going straight into the making – which to be honest, I prefer. I think also I was limiting my exhibiting options with only making installations and I needed to break out more.
Having seen quite a lot of other artists work over the last few months, I was mentally building up a picture of work I really liked and making a scrapbook in my head. When I began drawing, I realised I was subconsciously copying someone else’s style and that worried me a little.
I put the drawings aside for a while and went back to folding and packing up my paper planes (which are heading up to Leeds next month for the DWF festival: http://dwf.uk.com/ )
I’ve managed to condense several boxes of planes into just one, so that now I can either post them up there or just hop on a train with them. I think I’d prefer to take them up there myself as it’ll give me a chance to see the Northern Arts Prize while it’s on.
So the drawing……..I’ll have another stab at it tonight. I’ve had the day away from it and used my walking time in the fresh air, to re think my approach
