I need tiny brushes with fatter grips though, because my fingers are sore. I have rubber grips that I put on my fine etching tools, but the brush handles are too skinny to use them. Problem-solving is in order unless I want carpal tunnel (perpetual threat when you work with your hands).
Old art: The Dragon Years Some of you might have heard I went through a dragon drawing phase. Well, it was actually a really intense and defining obsession that lasted seven years, and it all started when I was in year 5. . . It was book week, and my year level all drew posters to put up around the school. I and one other kid had both drawn dragons, and my smug self thought I’d totally nailed it. There was a tiny knight standing on the dragon’s tail being roasted, and I put my extra special glow in the dark stickers on it because MaGiCkAl☄ I think it might have been the first time I was actually proud of my art! . Unfortunately not everyone agreed, and they said so! I had the words “Charlie’s dragon is better than yours” bouncing around my tiny skull for years to come I only drew dragons after that, trying to draw the best one possible. To say I was competitive is an understatement, my art was my entire self-worth at the time – I didn’t really take well to making friends and always craved alone time so I could just draw, read books and work on my universes and characters. I literally taught myself to read and write backwards so that no one could read what I was creating, it was my own hidden world safe from people and the outside world. I gave the best dragon I ever drew to my brother who always loved my art, and the second best I sent in to a competition and it never came back . So here’s the tip of the iceberg folks! I think I literally drew thousands of dragons during that time, perhaps only pausing to draw the odd pokemon or neopet. Later in high school I tried to push myself to draw other things, namely people – and it was only in year 12 when that burning obsession finally dissolved and I might have only drawn two or three since! . . . . . . . . . . #overshare #artlife #olddrawings #sketches #sketchbook #dragons #dragonart #embarrassingart #pencildrawings #courageouscreative #draweveryday #creativityeveryday #creativity #specialinterest #spinterest #autie #pencildrawings #artistproblems #artistsofinstagram
Shiny slippery slithering friends, oh my! I had a fun time sketching amphibians with ink and my new finetec metallic pigments yesterday! Ended up playing with a little salamander-as-dragon design. Salamandragon? I love all amphibians, but there’s just a special place in my heart for the caudata fam . Sorry I haven’t been around a whole lot, my hand is making great progress with the physio exercises and now has three splints to help me recover – but the rest of me is falling apart like a poorly stacked jenga tower and today’s task is to learn how to pop my elbow back in (10/10 do not rec unless you’re a floppybean) . . . . . . . #sketches #sketchbook #caudata #salamander #amphibians #inkdrawing #draweveryday #drawsome #inksketch #artsy #creativity #creativeflow #carveouttimeforart #artistproblems #sketcheveryday #sketch_daily
I got fitted for a splint today! And asked for the brightest colours available, naturally Honestly, getting to see these heat molded plastics in action and the awesome folks at the Austin making this for $10 in 10 minutes was pretty hecking awesome! . Hopefully it’ll stop my thumb collapsing on the regular . . . . . . . #artlife #artistproblems #lookafteryourhands #aussieartist #melbourneartist
