S410 -Day #28
Starter for Ten - May 3rd 2023
Banging on about not drinking again, it has seriously changed my life. I’m not saying I will never drink again but I’m enjoying being sober and being free of beer fear.
Ten minutes of free writing.
Inspiration - kitchen scissors
For the visual challenge, I decided to pick an object and draw it for five minutes with my dominant hand (right) and then do the same with my non-dominant hand (left).
Five minute sketch: dominant hand - black felt tip pen
The scissors were more complicated to draw than I anticipated. I sketched in pencil first and the outlined in black felt tip pen. I did want to add shading and more detail but I ran out of time.
Five minute sketch: non dominant hand - black and grey felt tip pen
It was a lot harder to draw with my left hand, I had to focus hard and even then the pen seemed to go where it wanted. I went a bit faster on this one so had time to add some shadows which add some depth. I like the way this looks, a bit melty and more interesting. I don’t think I could achieve a look like this when drawing with my right hand.
It might be fun to draw with my left hand and then use that drawing as the inspiration to sketch from using my right hand. One to add to my future experiments list.
Starter for Ten (S410) is a daily creative exercise that I will do for the next 30 days. I set a ten-minute timer and write whatever comes into my head. After that I do the same to create a visual. The idea is to loosen up, create daily and get over the idea that everything I make needs to be perfect or have a purpose.
I will document the process here on this site and on my Instagram stories. Photos will be unedited to keep it real. This challenge both terrifies and excites me, let’s see what happens.
