Sketchbook

[Jan Kloidt]

I'm not dead! Mostly drawing in my physical sketchbook right now, I'm actually having fun again. There are tons and tons of fundamental mistakes in there, but I'm using them to explore, have fun and learn in a relaxed way inbetween actual studies. It's basically about letting drawing be a game again and just playing around. For me, that's the root of why I enjoyed drawing when I was a kid; pretty much dreaming/flying on paper. I'm not as free with it as I used to be when I was a child, but I think I know now what to do to get back to that again. The goal is to learn perspective and anatomy and all that good enough that I can do it all subconsciously and play like a child, but still creating nice drawings along the way. I believe that's what Kim Jung Gi does, and it's also why he always seems so happy and satisfied. He just draws and plays and reserves the critical judgement for when he's done and takes a 2nd look at it. I'm conscious now of how many bullshit premises I have in my head of what a drawing needs to be, and I'm getting rid of them one after another until only the most fundamental ones remain. At least, that's the plan.
Until I get back into digital, there won't be a lot of updates but I'm still keeping track of my hours and noting them in my deathline thread!