The View from Within

     Recently someone mentioned to me something that they heard Lily Tomlin say on a radio show.  I am not sure if the quote is correct but it went something like this "reality is nothing more than a collective hunch".  I found it interesting that this came up as I was finishing the drawing above since it seems to relate.  My idea for the picture came from thinking about the saying "a bird's eye view".  Discussing the nature of reality can easily take you down a philosophy rabbit hole which often leads to more disorienting questions than answers. (It seems it takes a comedian to successfully bring such stuff up in general conversation outside the academic classroom.)  Drawing itself can be an exploration of the nature of reality---sometimes what we see conflicts with what we think makes sense.  I wonder in our experience does any view besides our inner one exist?  How often are we aware of this?  Is this freeing or confining?

Project Sketching & Perspective Practice

One of the things I love when looking at another artist's work is the sketches of the idea or project to come.  I almost wish every art work could be displayed with its "baby photos" by the side so you can see its origins.  Of course not everyone works this way.  Some people just dive right in which I used to do when I first started drawing.  Recently I've been fascinated with all those preliminary sketches done with perspective, when the technique was first explored in the Renaissance from about the 1400s on.  Here is my sketch of a project I started a while back (it is currently in the "awkward teen-age" stage).

Progression.....

More done.  Not happy with the colors thus far, will come back to it.....