Coming Into Focus

Week 12 of the Documented Life Project-

the Journal.  Focal Point was the

challenge for the week. The dictionary defines

the Focal Point as the center of attention.

I tried to create the most detail in the

lily bloom, and high contrast between 

the background and the lily, in order to

 lead your eye to focus on it. 

Theoretically, the other shapes

 and spaces in the picture plane should

lead your eye around and back to the

focal point.  That's the definition I 

remember from art class. But most 

of the time I am not thinking about

those technical details when I make

a drawing. I just realize when the

drawing 'needs something.'

I also 'filtered out' extra details, as 

there were other stems in this 

potted lily, but I chose to draw 

just one plant.

  

The facing page, above.  You can always

use your own hand for a model! I have

rather small hands and short fingers,

but this does seem a bit distorted.

Linking up with Elizabeth for 

T Tuesday, and sharing my favorite

coffee cup.  I really need to do some

more cup drawings, and have been

thinking of comparing shapes of

coffee cup handles. I wonder how

long it will take for me to get 

'round to it?!

International Fake Journal Month

began on April 1, and I would love to 

have you visit my fake journal blog:

Cottonwood Counterfeit Journal.

I pretend to be someone else, who

 makes an art journal that is different

from the art I would normally create.

 Stop by and see if you can guess

what my character is like, and

what he/she does for a living.

"An artist paints with his brains

and not with his hands."

~Michelangelo