There’s nothing I like more than being immersed in the landscape and lost in my sketchbook page - have you tried it? And can we cultivate awe? And why we should...
When i’m outside drawing I slow down in a way that I can’t achieve inside my studio. Maybe it’s to do with the physical barriers - the way the wind catches the paper and tosses it across the lawn; the way the landscape is never still so it’s impossible to capture a “perfect” image; the way the rain drips onto the page so my best charcoal drawings become smudges. I love all of that - the slowness, the imperfection, the letting go of expectation. I think drawing outside IS an act of reverence for the Earth and absolutely awe inspiring. Thanks for sharing x
Thank you for your observations and indeed I agree with them all. The potential for not knowing how it will turn out is worth cultivating. Perhaps I will explore how drawing outside could also be an act of resistance
I am in Awe! Love this post... and I seriously do need to go out and draw more. I try and be REALLY a present when I’m on my walks with Piper, because they are my breaks away from the studio.
I’m going to grab a Cuppa, a toast with Marmite- because now I have cravings and sit and listen / watch the red talks.
Hey Charlotte how lovely to read your reply! I am amazed that people have already started following my absolutely new journey into writing!!
I’m glad you are going to go out and draw more but I was also thinking, if the outdoors isn’t accessible so easily, how very present you can be indoors drawing and/or in front of the computer like on our multinational drawing sessions!!!! You can get in the flow and totally present anywhere with drawing … but then there really is nothing quite like being out in all the elements! Enjoy the marmite and TED talks! I’m in my campervan waiting for the rain and fog to clear to see what my new view is!!!!
When i’m outside drawing I slow down in a way that I can’t achieve inside my studio. Maybe it’s to do with the physical barriers - the way the wind catches the paper and tosses it across the lawn; the way the landscape is never still so it’s impossible to capture a “perfect” image; the way the rain drips onto the page so my best charcoal drawings become smudges. I love all of that - the slowness, the imperfection, the letting go of expectation. I think drawing outside IS an act of reverence for the Earth and absolutely awe inspiring. Thanks for sharing x
Thank you for your observations and indeed I agree with them all. The potential for not knowing how it will turn out is worth cultivating. Perhaps I will explore how drawing outside could also be an act of resistance
Thank you 🥰
I am in Awe! Love this post... and I seriously do need to go out and draw more. I try and be REALLY a present when I’m on my walks with Piper, because they are my breaks away from the studio.
I’m going to grab a Cuppa, a toast with Marmite- because now I have cravings and sit and listen / watch the red talks.
So happy you’re on Substack! Yay!
(Always love seeing your art too btw.)
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Hey Charlotte how lovely to read your reply! I am amazed that people have already started following my absolutely new journey into writing!!
I’m glad you are going to go out and draw more but I was also thinking, if the outdoors isn’t accessible so easily, how very present you can be indoors drawing and/or in front of the computer like on our multinational drawing sessions!!!! You can get in the flow and totally present anywhere with drawing … but then there really is nothing quite like being out in all the elements! Enjoy the marmite and TED talks! I’m in my campervan waiting for the rain and fog to clear to see what my new view is!!!!
Love this so much!!!! 🙌🙌🙌
Thank you! A fellow drawist would definitely get it!