Face #20

4X4" Ballpoint pens

Drawing requires practice and discipline. The practice part is what I tend to skip out on. And what exactly do we practice in drawing? I think it's more a matter of practicing how to see things. If you don't see something well, how do you ever expect to draw it well? Before drawing faces 19, 20, and 21, I tried to stop and really take a look at what I was about to draw. I looked at the lines, the shadows, the negative space...I tried to see it all before I put the pen to the paper. Even if I couldn't see a drastic difference in what I drew, I could feel a difference while I was drawing. It's all about the seeing, much like music is all about the hearing.