She's such a cute girl!!

Look at what I drew this morning!

Isn't she so cute? I struggled a lot with drawing her hair, so I've decided to give her a headscarf instead. It fits her so well! It's giving cottage-girl and also rich lady—we love that.

She's in a woodland forest, resting her arm on a rock. The question is, what kind of dress should I gie her? I'm thinking a classic white dress, but I don't know how to do the folds and stuff... I'll figure that out when we get there. 

Also, her face, while pretty, looks sort of manly. I'll work on her smile so it'll be more delicate and dainty.

Overall though, she's so cute! I'm glad I picked up my pencil to draw today :)

I've also drawn Whitebeard yesterday!! I keep thinking his hair looks a bit weird but his face? Handsome. I think the hair looks weird because of the perspective, but I can't be bothered to fix it lmao.

My art, my truth

Update: 1:20pm, 9 November. I really like this man I drew yesterday! It has nothing to do with the contents of this post, but I really need to scream about it, so here it is. The clothing folds look so delicious. His glasses and headband make him look so domestic and cutieful. I want him to be a retired knight living a cosy, easy life in his garden.

For the longest time, I've been stumped over the question, 'Why do I draw?'. I never had a reason deeper than, 'It's fun, right?'. It's sort of shameful, as it implies that once it's not fun anymore, I won't create anymore. Granted, I do think of giving up the moment I struggle with articulating a piece, as in I want to stop drawing completely. Yet, my stubbornness wins, and I try again.

On and off, I've developed a deeper answer to that long-fated question. I think art is a gateway into the artist's soul, their minds, their worlds and their truths. Once you get a whole body of work, you can see their 'brand universe', to borrow the language of luxury marketing, the things that matter. 

This is the same for literary works, too! If you read/view enough work from the same writer/artist, you'll see recurring tropes, common themes they like talking about or just little quirks. It feels intimate to get into someone else's work, to see the depths of their imagination and perspective. I think that's what makes art so wonderful—the feeling of closeness.

While writing this, I'm reading about the idea of a gaze as put forth by John Urry, which essentially states that people view the world differently, which means people have different ideas of Truth and pre-conceptions they try to fit 'the world' into. It's an interesting idea, and it relates here.

A whole catalogue of art and writing directly illuminates the creator's 'gaze' on the world around them,  or at least what's in their heart. Naturally, it's fun to just make art for the sake of it. However, I want to create things that touch on ideas I have from my real life, like the plants and animals I see, or my ideals on how life should be.

I like relaxing, since I barely do it. I also like nature. Maybe the Truth I'd like to create in my art is to show off a healling, tranquil relationship with nature. It's not exciting or splash-page worthy but it reflects the sort of person I want to become and the life I want to lead. Idealistic? Maybe, but that's what art is for!

None of this made sense, but I enjoy writing, so here's my third blog post of the month!

Sunflower lady

 

 

  

During my internship some months ago, I took these gorgeous pictures of sunflowers! My boss had a home garden, which she grew lots of flowers and other sorts of wild shrubs. She'd cut them and let the florists use them however they want in the arrangements.

As the social media girlie-pop, I got to take pictures! Perhaps too many pictures!

Months later, long after I've left, and I'm still obsessed with them. I love the hints of purple the bougainvillaeas bring. I love the dashes of pink and messy, sharp textures of the little pink weed-like flowers. The terracotta brick floors are adorable. The dark shadows make the colours pop a lot more!

I need to clear my phone's gallery, so I want to take the time to memorialise them in a proper art piece. Inspired, I want to draw something so whimsical and bright and yellow. I'm thinking of a lady whose hair is made of flowers, not unlike the cloud goddess.

Either that, or maybe someone immersed in a field full of them. Though, that idea might not be so fun. Besides, the focus is on the flowers and colours—not so much the environment, if that makes any sense.

I SAW HORNBILLS

 

Aren't these so cool! I saw them sitting on a tree while on a walk with my dad. They were so polite and well-behaved. No one actually noticed they were there, which I thought was kind of odd but figured it's for the best because I don't want them to be scared off.