It reminds me of carving, which is subtractive, and a reverse process than other forms of sculpture.
And it stimulates completely different feelings - at least for me.
That's interesting. I'm curious as to the difference in feelings for you, if you are okay with elaborating on that.
It also has a bit of 'easy controversy' in it
I hadn't thought of it that way but I can see your point. I wonder if it has something to do with how the brain interprets tones or the like (of which I know nothing, just speculating).
I think you should choose your material and media according to what we are trying to create, not the other way around. I would say that some themes just like black background:)
I agree with all of that.
I was trying to time myself working, but I find out it distracts me when I know there is timer out there, counting my precious minutes :D
Okay, that's pure torture. I just got a flashback to a netsuke carver I know that uses a timer for each piece she's working on. She does that to ascertain how much time exactly she's spent on a piece to work out her pricing for patrons. That way of thinking makes me feel slightly nuts. I couldn't work that way. It doesn't seem to be your thing either. 😂
So usually, when I am drawing with pencil, especially from the nature - I would squint my eyes, so I can see better where are the darkest parts, and working from there. And with white pencil - doesn't work at all. With white pencil I close my eyes for longer period of time and then open them - and first thing that catch my eye on the image - this part I will make the brightest and most detailed.
It takes a lot of time and patience to get to the point where one detail is super-elaborated and super-sharp and the rest is slightly blurred - like the eye of the camera. And patience and time are things I always lack :D
So I still work quite superficially and force myself to go further and not grind one detail too long.
I just hope that in time I will have more time for my hobby's:)
It is all about how particular colours are perceived. Red and black on the top of white - will catch your eye immediately. Huge contrast like fluorescent green on black or dark dark green - same thing. White on the black nearly glow if black is deep enough :)
That's so interesting. I've never approached it that way. I like that.
I can't see any evidence of lack of patience in your drawings. I find the opposite is conveyed. Impressive. Self-discipline. I really appreciate you describing how you feel and experience this. It's given me a different angle to see from. That always fascinates me.
That's interesting. I'm thinking I'll play around in a spare moment or two. You're right about the red and black on white, am thinking how much that's used in marketing. High contrast has always been a fav.
That's the trick! I am really working on it. But cannot sit and draw for like straight hour or so :D
My pleasure, always ask away!
You're doing really well then. I don't recall the last time I sat for an hour solid to draw, but then, I don't draw much now.
To be fair, I had very long break. Apart from some fast sketches as a accompany to my journal, and few picture every now and then I haven't done much in like decade. I am glad that manual skills are still there, although I am mad at myself to let it go for all those years.
Sometimes breaks are necessary. Sometimes other things in life require breaks. It will all come back with practice.
Not easy things to find out how much time spend on this or that. Overdoing my drawings is my big problem, sometimes I really don't know where to stop.
Brakes help though, yes.
Just go outside for a while and get back to see stuff from new perspective:)