#abstract drawing
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“AB-S18” Sketchbook. Grafito y lápices de colores en papel. Graphite and colored pencils on paper / Sandra Rede 2021 www.sandrarede.com
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“AB-S15” Sketchbook. Lápices de colores en papel. Colored pencils on paper / Sandra Rede 2020 www.sandrarede.com
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“En mí” Lápices de colores en papel / “In me” Colored pencils on paper / Sandra Rede 2020 www.sandrarede.com
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“La semilla” Lápices de colores en papel / “The Seed” Colored pencils on paper / Sandra Rede 2020 www.sandrarede.com
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Sketchbook #9 / Abstract Drawing with 3 Colored Pencils / Dibujo Abstracto con 3 Lápices de Colores.
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“111” Marcadores en papel, Digital / Markers on paper, Digital / Sandra Rede 2014-2020 www.sandrarede.com
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“Morning Flower” Lápices de colores en papel / Colored pencils on paper / Sandra Rede 2020 www.sandrarede.com
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“Estrella” Lápices de colores en papel / “Star” Colored pencils on paper / Sandra Rede 2020 www.sandrarede.com
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Sketchbook #8 / Wax, China Marker / B&W Abstract Drawing / Marcador de Cera / Dibujo Abstracto
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Quiet. 5/10/2022 (7)
Although there is still the tangle of lines detailing a busy mind, they’re softened.
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Catch a Moment, 5/31/2022
or…catch my breath. I’m retired, but I’m keeping busy. My nightly sketches still help ground me when my brain is buzzing like a beehive!
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The Lighthouse, 5/26/2022
This little sketch is inspired by Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse I recently finished re-reading it for a fresh read before reading Katharine Smyth’s book All the Lives We Ever Lived, (of which I only have a few pages left to go.) They make good companions regarding the subject of grief, which I don’t think our society allows the time for processing the death of a loved one and goodness knows there is not a right way to grieve, everybody is different, there is no mold to pour your grief into so it looks like everyone else’s grief.
Mrs. Ramsey is the Sun that everyone revolves around, her loss shatters the orbits of all who relied on her being there. She is the lighthouse.
I have always liked Lily’s character best, being a painter I relate to her creativity and her pondering over the placement of a tree or a figure…of course, nothing good comes without a struggle. And even after all this time, nothing has truly changed when it comes to the expectation that a woman must marry and must produce children. Lily wants more out of life than that. Lily’s struggle with feeling grief is natural, even 10 years after Mrs. Ramsey’s passing, returning to the summer house on the Isle of Sky, she cannot make herself feel something, but eventually, it flows through its own without force.
If anything, reading Virginia Woolf always inspires me to write…but at this moment in time, I’m doing more painting with colors and drawing in pencil rather than the written word, that is the ebb and flow of creativity. There are things I have no words for.
(I love the cover images that Vanessa Bell made for Virginia’s books.)
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“And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves.” Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
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The Thing About Things, 5/21/2022
Named after Amanda Palmer’s song from the album There Will Be No Intermission
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Life, 5/20/2022
Life is messy as you can see in the impression I made last night…there are no straight lines from point A to point B, the lines are going everywhere all at once…my brain is noisy like a beehive, there is no one voice that says “Here, right here…” because another one says “No, look here…” and another one speaks up and says “Yes, but…over here…”
Even my ever present circle in the center of it all is overwhelmed.
It’s okay. I’m okay. We’re all okay. Life is okay…
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Going with the flow, 5/18/2022
Drawing by drawing, I’m getting there…going with the flow, going with the flow.
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Contempt
I had never experienced the feeling of contempt until I was diagnosed with cancer. Anger flowed through me like a ragging river. I was allowed to roam but not far because of treatments. Chemo treatments kept me from going and doing a lot of things. I was house bound. I was sick and had to sleep a lot. They made me feel terrible. I was a strong person so I knew I could endure the possibilities of life or death, but I wanted to be free. I was so independent and able to do whatever I wanted. I had strength, security, and space. Now I feel like I am chained to my treatments and they hold me back. I want to be released so I can once more fly free and have the opportunity to live my life. Again, I am angry because I feel my life is now owned by something else where my choices are made for me. Will I ever be released? Will I be free once more? Will I be able to live my life the way I want to? These are my concerns and they are also what keep me contempt.
Temperamental
When I was first told that I had cancer – the word didn’t register. I sat there listening to the doctor and thinking to myself, “Who is he talking about?” There was no way he had been talking about me because I was living my life right. I went to the gym every morning, had been eating good foods, and took good care of my appearance. Yet, he was telling me that I was in stage 3, boarder line stage 4 cancer. I didn’t want to believe him, so his words were null and void as far as I was concerned. Everyone around me was upset and showing great concerncan Again, I thought to myself, “What is their problem?” I had been in the hospital for two weeks before my diagnosis, not knowing what was wrong, but it couldn’t be cancer – it just couldn’t! The next day the doctor came in to see me and make sure I understood what my treatment options would be. Then it hit me, he was telling me that I had cancer! I just sat there in disbelief. It couldn’t be – not me!
Hello there,
I just added the second set of emotional abstracts and drawings. I did these more than 10 years ago. Still working on more (lol). I plan on having the book done with drawings and other chapters of dialog. It has been a rewarding endeavor and I am still learning and drawing (better) than I think I ever had.
I hope that you enjoy the drawings and that they enlighten you to what an emotion can look like, especially, through the eyes of a cancer patient, survivor, or cured,
Thanks for the support.
Maria
