Face #19

4X4" Ballpoint pens

I recently finished the book "The Undressed Art: Why We Draw" by Peter Steinhart. It is a wonderful book about drawing that challenged me in many ways. Why do I feel I have to wait for exactly the right moment to draw? Drawing is a way of seeing, of exploring, of discovery. I don't have to wait for the perfect conditions to draw. Heck, I don't even have to wait until I have "traditional" drawing utensils in my hand. Pick up the nearest writing implement and go to it! That's what faces 19, 20, and 21 are about. No fancy tools, no fancy studio, no fancy subject--just pen and paper at a simple desk.