Thursday, March 20, 2008

My own worst critic




I got back to Danny's book and he talks about using little slots of 10 minutes to draw. So I stole 20 minutes from my day and drew a sketch of my DynaFlex (a wrist-strengthening contraption). But ya know, it was one of those times where I just wanted to throw my pencils at the window! The lines didn't come out the way I wanted. I didn't capture parts of it that I wanted in my drawing. The lettering was screwy. My inner critic was flogging me unmercifully. Yet, when I saw the finished product, I didn't think it was all that bad. What was happening is that the perfectionist inside was screaming, "It's not perfect which means it's no good!" Anybody have a crowbar so I can put the perfectionist out of its misery??


4 comments:

thermion7 said...

You are right, the second time you looked at it. It ain't bad. Transparency, shadow, lettering, there's a lot of challenges in one small drawing! And I'm not just saying that because you might hit me with a crowbar with your over-developed wrists!

K

Anonymous said...

Some days are like that. But your Cleveland window view is very nice. - Barbara

*jean* said...

Hi Mark, hang in there, the critic is not impossible to tame....keep working and keep everything so you can see your progress, it will change. Maybe you could treat yourself to a coffee or sweet when you complete a drawing and only find the good things about it!!

Alison said...

Well, i think perfect is not usually very interesting - 'imperfect' has a quirkiness/uniqueness of its own and often identifies the drawing style of the artist. To me, quirkiness is much more expressive.