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11/12/2020

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The drawing  in yesterday's post is what Betty Edwards in her book  Drawing On The Artist Within calls an analog drawing, (Ch 8 Drawing On Intuition).

My scribble was the work of seconds and a way of releasing the angst we are all feeling, and I felt much better after I had done it! 

We are all dealing with it in our own ways.  If you are a verbal person you may rant when it all gets too much, or scream into the wind. If you are a more physical type you may go for a fast walk, or a run, or punch a pillow, or kick a ball against a wall.

I'm visually dominant and can express myself best with a pen or brush in my hand..


Might you give it a try? I sat down intending to write something else and thought 'How do I feel right now? ' The answer was Aaargh and as I began to write the word it took on a life of its own! The secret is to not think too much about it. Size does not matter - mine was on A4 - but if your feelings are very strong really big is great!

When she was quite little my daughter had an operation on her foot. I suggested she draw the pain in a little notebook. She named it Anagroggle Pain and she redrew it each day, modifying the jagged shapes, telling it to behave and after a few days she morphed it into a benign  blob which coulcn't hurt anyone.

I once made two large collages of screaming newspaper headlines (they both quickly sold in an exhibition). Your drawing might develop into an art work or you may just get the satisfaction of screwing it up into a ball and binning it. You may put it aside and look at it a few days later and see what you see.

Here is one which developed into a little design I called  Delicate Balance.



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Laura Lamb
11/12/2020 03:34:21 pm

As I read this I was thinking of Anagroggle pain before you wrote it! ❤️

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Freda
11/12/2020 04:06:32 pm

❤️

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Susan
11/12/2020 11:40:18 pm

Thank you for your inspiring suggestion, Freda.
I think that The Universe is hinting that I might resume drawing & painting, and yours, is one of the messages that I've received ... or noticed.
Are you watching Grayson Perry's Art Club on Channel 4?
You can view it in retrospect but it's only on for a couple more months.
P.S. Got a kind acknowledgement from In Touch in, appropriately, VERY LARGE PRINT.

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Freda
12/12/2020 02:54:01 pm

That’s interesting Susan.Good that you are listening to the messages...
Will check out the Grayson Perry. And thank you for your efforts with InTouch too.

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Rosemary
12/12/2020 02:47:34 am

Love 'Delicate Balance'. Something Japanese about its brush strokes. Indeed so delicately balanced and artful. That would repay revisiting many times.

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Freda
12/12/2020 02:56:52 pm

I am glad you like it Rosemary. I do love to use Chinese brushes - I think this strokes they make have life in them, though they are tricky to use!

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Liz
12/12/2020 05:09:28 am

Yes - very Japanese to me too. Am I right in thinking you used to offer drawing couses, Freda? Would you think of offering them again?

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Freda
12/12/2020 03:01:48 pm

I loved teaching drawing Liz but had to give it up around the same time as I had to give up driving when my eyesight got worse. Miss both activities hugely! I would consider one or two students at home post COVID. Who knows?

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Mary
12/12/2020 09:58:51 am

I've had to wait a while to comment after first viewing "Delicate Balance" this morning. I've come back several times since, just to look at it. Because it almost made me cry. Not for myself (although I love it), but for all (I think) this sublime painting represents. Not simply a feeling for this moment in time--but a wonderful artist finding her way back to a great love. And doing it brilliantly.

Let it snow. x

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Freda
12/12/2020 03:03:55 pm

Oh what can I say Mary, except thank you. X

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Grace
12/12/2020 11:45:02 am

I just love it, Freda. So happy to see that you are painting. ❤

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Freda
12/12/2020 03:04:51 pm

Happy you lime it too!

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