The Pages Of My Sketch Pad

 

A Truth About Our Living Room (#8) Drawing I did while listening to live music in our living room.

I did a few drawings while Jon and I watched and listened to live music from Caffe Lena this weekend.

I just ran out of pages in my sketch pad so decided to use the backs of the paper too.  Sometimes the drawings from the other side show through, and sometimes the pencil will smear when two pencil drawings are facing each other.  So I’ve avoided using the backs in the past.

But it’s not as if I’m taking the drawing out of the sketch pad so it doesn’t really matter.  In art school, we learned to always try to preserve our work for the future.  But I was never into keeping my art, even back then.

And now I feel like, in terms of my art, now is my future.

So I will fill the backs of the pages of my sketch pads.  And maybe I’ll even go back to some of my older sketch pads and fill them up too.

The second drawing I made that same night.

4 thoughts on “The Pages Of My Sketch Pad

  1. Maria, I love your wonderful drawings, they feel magical and full of heart. I see so much wonder, joy, and warmth in them. And then I read this part, so beautiful it moved me to tears:

    “In art school, we learned to always try to preserve our work for the future. But I was never into keeping my art, even back then.
    And now I feel like, in terms of my art, now is my future.”

    I struggle to remind myself of this profound and simple truth all the time. Thank you so much for putting it into such perfect words.

    1. It’s funny Lois, I hadn’t thought of it beyond my work. But I’m so glad you were able to see yourself and more in it. I see that now too.

  2. Bottom sketch is particularly captivating! I feel like I can fall into it and explore with no end to interesting things to discover!

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