Stool

I'm finishing a still live drawing entitled STOOL. I started it yesterday afternoon. Later on this morning, I plan on putting the final touches to it. This is a big creative breakthrough for me. I've struggled drawing still life and landscapes. It's something I want to do more of. I like the idea of looking at an item and recreating it on paper. It's like being in a photo developing room and seeing the picture appear right in front of you. It doesn't have to be exact, only an impression of what is in front of me. Another approach I have is that of drawing the adjective in front of me and molding it on the paper. When I was a kid in grade school, we would have art classes and they had a pottery wheel in the room. I remember Baby Boom hippies spinning that pottery wheel around and turning a glob of clay into something like a cup. My pencil or marker can mold an item on paper. Or it can develop an image like that of a photo. The still life I've drawn is in the style of Vincent van Gogh. It reminds me of his artwork that is entitled, "van Gogh's Chair and Pipe" and "Gauguin's Armchair." I plan on more still life and landscape drawings in the future.