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serenity. how to find it with a pencil

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Very taken by the image for many reasons,  some of which are unknown to me.   But i want to repeat the drawing.   I know from my experience with repeating that it doesn't happen.    That first One    ,   the one that has the magic,   almost is impossible to re create.  for me, anyway.   So i don't try.    But this time….this one…..i want to let my hand learn as if it is part of me.   I want to try and try until i know what it is that creates the serenity.   it is such a simple image but working with it the first time today,  i see how just the most subtle  touch of the pencil  MATTERS

this is on one of the cardstock blank greeting cards.   That in its self makes a big difference.   The original is in that spiral drawing book of high quality cardstock pages that i remember to be described  as oatmeal.   and as i worked today,  i understood why i remember. it's the light color.    There is no identifier  on it.   I have looked for years to find more.    So these cardstock cards will never have that luminous quality.   But…the hand can still learn.   Today,  so much already.   It's all taking me where i need to go.  

 

 

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3 responses to “serenity. how to find it with a pencil”

  1. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    I’m thinking about your words of repeating. I’ve long thought that specific times can not be repeated…as in you have a great gathering with people you care very much about – it is magic. So, you plan the same type of gathering again, same people, place etc. But, it falls flat. The conversation doesn’t flow the same, the humor and laughter is not there…you can’t recreate.
    This is something I’ve thought about now and then for years. I guess it is why it is important to appreciate and live in the moment.
    But, repeating a drawing or playing a song on the guitar or…? This is practice and with practice you can become the butterfly, song, tune. However each time there will be tiny differences.
    Anyway, thanks for the thoughts inspiration. xo

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  2. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    “The hand can still learn,” I love that so much. Also love the drawings you’ve been sharing…

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  3. Saskia van Herwaarden Avatar
    Saskia van Herwaarden

    I love this entire image, everything in it:
    your drawings of butterfly and third eye, the crow & bead, the scissors, the lizzard, the view
    when I paint/draw I try and let go of my-mind-control as much as possible and let the body/hand do the ‘thinking’ that’s when the magic happens and the outcome is best

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