I am so glad I have restarted our peer critique group. It definitely helps keep me motivated to push through when I am dealing with a creative block. And our discussions are always so interesting. We had a discussion about paper and somebody (I think it was Amy) mentioned that Wendy Artin (the savant-esque watercolorist/ink artist) sometimes uses printmaking paper when drawing with ink. I have some inexpensive reeves BFK paper left over from printmaking classes that I used for proofs. So I took a sheet and got my ink out and decided to tackle the dried flowers I have.
At the same time I was going back and looking at old photos of drawings Roen did when she was Maeve and Nikko’s age. Both girls are now enjoying mark making on paper and I still remember how much I treasured those early works of Roen’s. One time I included one of Roen’s images in my collection of work for our critique group and Joel used it to remind all of us about the importance of varying our marks. Remembering this comment I decided that in working with the ink and dried flowers I also would try my hardest to employ a range of mark making techniques in making my image.
The result is a loose somewhat abstract drawing that I have come to love.
I am hoping to do more of these drawings in the coming weeks.
