By Stephie, on Sunday 7th February, 2010 at 11:45 am
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I’m going to have to get myself organised. I left it so late again last night that I only had the energy to make one quick, uninspiring sketch. I like to work at night, often way into the small hours, but illness is catching up with me and sleep is all my body seems to crave at the moment. I can’t blame it, I’ve put it through hell this last month or so, completely manic one minute and down and out the next. I feel flat today, mood is low – however I’m still trying to remain positive and am putting the low mood down to the fact that I’ve allocated today to clear up the debris and detritus that surrounds me at the moment! That would put anyone in a low mood wouldn’t it?
 Chalks - and pencil, which you can't see because I covered it in chalk!
By Stephie, on Saturday 6th February, 2010 at 23:59 pm
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I was in another sketchy mood last night. I also wanted to get to bed, and as usual I’d left my drawing project until the early hours. I decided I wouldn’t just skip it though and go straight to bed, because I know from experience that skipping something once means I give license to myself to skip it anytime I want! Actually, I’d describe these drawings as scribbles rather than sketches. They literally look a couple of minutes – now there’s dedication for you! And I’d like to point that although it’s 10.45 in the evening, I still haven’t started today’s drawing yet! The thing is, I really want to do a ‘proper’ drawing, so why haven’t I started it yet!
 A little bit of blue  chalk scribbles, hmmm  This might be my favourite, but I'm not sure really!
By Stephie, on Friday 5th February, 2010 at 21:36 pm
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A few quick sketches from last night. Are you bored with my self-portrait project yet? Let me know if you’d like to see some other subjects!
 Chalks in an A5 sketchbook - probably less than 10 mins  Chalks in an A5 sketchbook. No comment!  Chalk in an A5 sketchbook. Jolly Green Stephie? Nah, just Green Stephie!
By Stephie, on Friday 5th February, 2010 at 03:28 am
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Last night’s self-portrait is quite frankly hideous. I debated about whether to even put it up here I dislike it so much. But in the spirit of not trying to judge my own work, I am, for once, ignoring the strong impulses I have to set fire to it. I think the dislike of the image is as much a dislike of the process of making it. I didn’t enjoy it one bit, and that’s because there seemed to be a mismatch between the cartridge paper and the soft Selennier chalks I used. The paper was a lot smoother than I generally prefer for this medium and the chalks just slid about all over the surface, with about as much grip as an oiled fish. The only thing I will say about it is that it’s nice and moody. Quite a lot like me in fact.
 chalk  detail
By Stephie, on Wednesday 3rd February, 2010 at 14:19 pm
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I managed just a few quick sketches in my sketchbook last night. They’re about A5 in size, done in chalks again. I did all three in about half an hour; I was so tired last night I couldn’t really have concentrated for much longer. Tell me, do you have a favourite one, and if you do why do you choose that particular one?
 This is the first one I did  This is the second  And this is the final one.
By Stephie, on Tuesday 2nd February, 2010 at 20:22 pm
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Another self-portrait. Carrying on like this there might be 356 self-portraits by the end of the year. That could be a project. Could I sustain enough interest in looking at nothing else for 365 days though? It certainly wouldn’t be borne out of some sort of narcissistic drive, I can tell you that. No, I look at myself with drawing or painting materials to try and understand how I feel, who I am, why I am. I don’t know how successful I am at that; I don’t know what I’m learning about myself by doing it. I don’t even know if anyone else can know these things through the drawings. But the generous comments you’ve left encourage me to keep trying. The hardest thing for me is not to judge their worth, not yet. It’s not to judge how good they are technically or stylistically, even though these elements are the least important they are the easiest to judge. To judge negatively that is. But there’s no point in striving to change these unimportant things, instead I need to strive to explore emotion, through marks, gestures, colours, shadows. It doesn’t matter if ‘it’s a bit flat here’ or ‘a bit twisted there’ – maybe the flatness I see in the drawing is simply a reflection of the flatness I feel.
Thank you so much for your feedback, I cherish it and it really does encourage me to continue.
 Conte drawing. Self portrait...  Conte drawing. Self-portrait detail.
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