Sketchbook: 15 Minute Ink Warmup! ✨
Added 2019-10-24 18:53:02 +0000 UTCHappy Thursday everyone! 💖
I realized I haven't shared much of my rough work with you guys, so here's a really rough and messy page from my Inktober sketchbook! This was a quick 15 minute warmup session just to get my creative thoughts flowing before working on another inktober piece. I learned an exercise in one of my art classes when I was in college where you draw "automatically," without thinking or planning, and just create freely. At first it's a difficult exercise to practice if you're a perfectionist, because the whole point is to ignore perfection and fine detail. Once you get past your perfectionism though, it's a very liberating practice and I totally recommend it once in a while! It's basically mindless doodling and really helps your thoughts flow, especially if you're in an art block 😊✏️
Anywho, if you're interested in seeing more of my messy work in the future let me know! 💖
And if you're curious about the concept of automatic drawing, it's called Automatism in the fine-art world and the formal definition is this: "The avoidance of conscious intention in producing works of art, especially by using mechanical techniques or subconscious associations."
Hope you're all having a lovely week so far!!
Love,
Lydia
Comments
Yay!! 💖 thank you so much! I’ll be sure to show you guys more rough work from now on ☺️ and YES, I can’t wait to be done!!
Lydia Elaine
2019-10-26 03:40:20 +0000 UTCI would love seeing more rough sketches! I love the birds in this one! Keep up the great work. We are almost done 🙌🙌🙌🙌
Honeybbun.art
2019-10-25 16:42:36 +0000 UTCAwesome!! I'll definitely be posting more rough work then! 😊 And that is such a good mentality! I can actually see that in your work, I think your most recent painting of the girl with fluffy lavender hair is absolutely stunning and shows a freeness in the brushstrokes 💖
Lydia Elaine
2019-10-25 00:40:36 +0000 UTCThank you so much! For the white pen I use a "Gelly Roll 08" that you can find at any art supply store, they're super affordable and work super well! I first started using them on top of my watercolor paintings for extra detail so they work great on top of lots of surfaces :)
Lydia Elaine
2019-10-25 00:37:21 +0000 UTCI love this so much! And I’d love to see more rough stuff. I’ve recently been learning to not be too tight and perfectionist with my art this month and I feel like it’s looking much better!
Fay Evini
2019-10-24 23:50:54 +0000 UTC
