THE ART OF DRAWING
I own a copy of
Mendelowitz’s Guide To Drawing. It’s a wonderful book, no doubt long out of
print. I discovered it in a yard sale some years ago, and although I’ve never
read it from cover to cover I have read sections and have taken great pleasure
in its many illustrated examples. Drawing, you see, is one of my passions.
Place a pencil, or pen, in my hand and I immediately look for something on
which to make a drawing.
Mendelowitz explains
that, “drawings offer intimate contact with the act of creation and thereby
permit the viewer insight into the artist’s personality”. He goes on to point
out that, “Like notes in a diary, drawings often present direct notation made
by the artist for themselves alone, free of artificial elaboration or excess
finish.” I couldn’t agree more.
When I draw I do so
for myself. I make marks, explore, and simply enjoy a wonderful creative
experience. Painting, to my way of thinking, involves learned technique
carefully employed for the purpose of creating product. It might be said
therefore that a painting is a wonderful idea lost in translation.
THIRTY PLUS ONE: PART ONE
Several years ago I
made a series of small drawings to complement the sale of my book, IMPRESSIONS: An Artist’s Introduction to
Killarney Provincial Park. I made 30 site-specific drawings providing the
opportunity to purchase an autographed book and an original drawing produced by
the artist-author. As far as I know the Friends of Killarney Park sold all of
the drawings. I’d always wanted to publish a booklet of these drawings as no
one had actually had an opportunity to see these drawings other than those that
purchased a book and a drawing, and even these persons failed to have the
opportunity to view them as a collection. Perhaps, through this blog I can do
what I’ve been unable to do in print.
The original drawings
were approximately 5” X 7” in size. Some were made on buff colored paper and
some on bright white paper. All were made with a 3B graphite pencil. The
drawings were specific to various areas in the park.
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1. Lumsden Lake II |
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2. A View From Silver Peak II |
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3. Frood Lake |
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4. A View From Silver Peak |
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5. A.Y. Jackson Lake |
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6. Island OSA Lake |
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7. Freeland Lake |
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8. Chikanishing Trail |
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9. Lumsden Lake |
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10. George Lake |
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