A Mid Summer Night's Drawing
I have been so restless as of late. My mind has been far too active into the chilling hours of the morning, keeping me awake. Last night I received a pleasant email from my old time friend, Tyler. He is a very talented fellow artist with a very marketable style all his own. Check out his newly redesigned site and amazingly detailed artwork. For inexplicable reasons, I felt led to write a lengthy email to him, revealing some of my hopes and dreams for life, as well as my ever looming uncertainty. I was blessed with an equally lengthy and transparent email from him. In the process, I recalled my drawings and decided to whip one out.
Though the content and meaning (none that I'm aware of) of the drawing have nothing to do with what I wrote to Tyler, I credit him for this drawing. It certainly would not have ever existed devoid of those emails and the thoughts they spawned. I need these reminders every once in a while to motivate and inspire me to at least marginally continue in my creative endeavors.
This particular drawing was a total invention of the early morning, title, concept and all. Often I draw these 3"x5"s from titles that I conceived earlier. I have over a hundred of these titles that need to be made into drawings. Last night I chose to work from the first thing that came to my mind, which for some reason was Teeter Tottering Down the Staircase of Vassail Brokeoff and Your headless cordphones built me up a mighty bulwark.
What makes this drawing unique is the technique I employed to work some curiously "compelling" details into the shaded areas. A week or so ago I was writing words sloppily on a post-it note at work. I started rotating the paper and placing the words randomly and sloppily. I came to realize the curves and scribbles of the words made for an interesting way of shading.
The text I chose to shade Teeter Tottering Down the Staircase of Vassail Brokeoff is Philippians 1:1-6. The reason being, I am considering to study if not memorize the book of Philippians. My friend Doug and I are going to hopefully challenge each other to read more of the Bible and discuss our findings. The first place I felt inspired to go was Philippians. One of the key verses of my life has been "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.". I had a couple occasions in the last week that also led me to this book. I decided it would be appropriate to use the beginning of this text to help shade my drawing.