Sketching from A-Z

First exercise for Contemporary Studio: life drawing, 26 sketches, 3x4" squares, an object for each letter of the alphabet. Finding objects within your environment to meet the criteria is not as easy as you think. Of course it's one of those things that's only hard to find when you need it most. Without a doubt an exercise like this reminds you how fundamental an art form drawing is and because so it can become one of the most neglected. Great art making is built from a solid foundation, and like any foundation once in place still requires you to come back to for maintenance.

The first few objects seemed to be the ones that got the most attention during the drawing process. As the search for more and more objects came along the sketches began to loosen up. Less time was spent with looking, thinking, analyzing and more time was just looking and drawing. Eventually some of the rust was shaken off and the creative juices started to flow reminding me of the importance to opening up to the process of making without thinking of the end product.