Category Archives: Ponderings

Voice

I was very lucky to be at the Oxford Literary Festival on one Saturday. Phillip Pullman, Patience Agbabi, Kate Clanchy and James Hawes was talking about voice. Not just literary voice and written voice, but voice as an enduring string … Continue reading

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Express yourself with:

I like the Express yourself with BIC competition because making images from lines which initially make no visual sense is lots of fun. It’s interesting to link abstract lines to make a coherent image. And everyone tackles it differently. I’ve … Continue reading

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Things to draw when you’re sad III

Yes, this is continuing on from the pondering here. All right, I think I’ve done my simultaneously melancholy and melodramatic image. So my question was: Why is this image melodramatic? I suppose it’s because it combines visual cues and symbols … Continue reading

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The edge of the page is the end of the earth

If the page was a flat earth, then beyond its edge is a terrifying abyss. What I’m trying to get at is this. I always feel when I’m drawing that somehow, everything must be contained within the page. Often, though, … Continue reading

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I don’t know what to draw

You like drawing. And, sometimes, on a nice weekend, you sit down in front of your sketchbook, turn your favourite music on, and say, ‘OK. I have allocated some hours for drawing. My time starts now.’ But. The tundra of … Continue reading

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Early Audrey III

Some thoughts on Early Audrey:

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You have to know when to stop II

One of the ways that an image can be overworked is because I don’t subtract. Here’s an example. I’m drawing, yes, yes coming along nicely. Somehow, I manage to get a little too excited about the shading next to the … Continue reading

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Things to draw when you’re sad II

All right, you’ve read this post. But you still want to draw something sad. In fact, you’d go so far as to say, ‘I don’t care if people call it melodramatic, or deride it as angsty! I want to draw … Continue reading

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Things to draw when you’re sad

Yes, we are continuing on from this pondering about drawing when sad. The other day I came across an interesting question: ‘What do I draw when I’m sad?’

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I actually don’t see space like a camera

The question is, can a camera see space? In other words, does a photograph reveal space? Questions, questions. Photos are handy, but I try not to draw from them, where possible. This is because it is really, really, limiting in … Continue reading

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