Last night, I finished another doodle from Fountain Pen Love's blog. It's fun to use different colors of ink and see how things turn out. I can see why artists do 'series' paintings, one gets curious what a certain technique will look like with variations. I'm quite prone to repetitious motifs.
(Yeah, we remember the hens.🙄)
I admit, that was quite the obsession at the time.
So, now it's fountain pens and inks.
While I was looking at these finished pieces last night, I was wondering what to try next and I flipped over a new piece of paper which is graph lined.
I wanted to use the ink I already had in my pens and I had an idea....
In the morning, it turned into this idea:
And ended up like this:
What can I say. I'm easily amused.
However, this particular project revealed a hidden aspect of pen and ink that helped me realize why I'm so drawn to it. These little squares look like watercolor! That aspect of this medium was always there even in handwriting, it's just that it was so subtle, I couldn't define it consciously. No wonder I'm having such a good time!
Which brings me to admitting the depth of my creative block with watercolor. It's quite profound. I was looking today at some of the watercolor paintings I have posted to Instagram over the years, and I just froze. I felt like I was looking at something someone else had created. It's a weird feeling, let me tell you.
(Akin to 'Imposer Syndrome eh?)
Thank you SO much for pointing that out to me. 😒
(My pleasure.)
That's what worries me about you.
However, here's the good news, at least I hope it will be.
My friend S. and I are going to re-read this book together:
It deals with creative block.
Actually, it's a workbook with questions and asks you to write down things about what's going on inside your creative noggin.
I'm hoping that it will help us get to where we want to go.
I know you might be thinking.... just get out the dang paints and slap some on the paper, what's the big deal? Well.... somehow it has turned into a big deal. I'm just grateful for a good friend to come along on this adventure with me. 💗
Thank God for friends.
He knew we were going to need them.
