June 11, 2011

    Sometimes I can't really decide on something to draw, since I want something a little challenging or at least not too simple, but something that's not going to take simply hours either. I need something that's not too repetitious and that's going to be interesting (to me at least), although the reason for the item being interesting to draw may not always be apparent.  Some days nothing quite "takes". 
    Today I noticed a bag of beans on the counter, but since I have done a few (two?) bags now, and just wasn't ready for another one, I dumped them out and immediately was amused by the idea of drawing a "hill of beans" on a day when nothing was seeming to amount to much. Some days I guess it doesn't take too much to amuse me, either...
    Repetitious, yes, but in a varied kind of way... and there are interesting aspects to a pile of beans. For instance, how do I make them "pile up"? Since it's a small, shallow pile I can't use shape or size diminishment to press down the far side of the pile, so it's got to be shading. I've quit at this point since that's a fair amount of drawing for the day, but I'll work on this tomorrow.