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#draw365 – post 6

By Stephie, on Monday 1st February, 2010 at 18:15 pm

#draw365 – see the groups’ drawings here

My Gallery – see all my drawings for the 365 project here

A drawing a day for 365 days, here’s mine from last night. I only did the one yesterday. Still trying to reflect how I feel and not how I look. It’s a drawing in conte (like compressed chalk) on paper. I think Dead Eyes sums it up really. Still feeling, well you know, dead behind the eyes. But I still can’t stop looking, trying to see whether the way I feel can actually be seen. I don’t think the drawings show enough pain for that.

Dead eyes

Dead eyes - detail

#draw365 – post 4

By Stephie, on Saturday 30th January, 2010 at 11:07 am

#draw365 – see the groups’ drawings here

My Gallery – see all my drawings for the 365 project here

Last night’s effort. Well, what remains of it. The scissors got to it this morning. Good job too. I can’t stand running out of materials half way through a drawing *humph*. Trip to the art shop today then for me.

Pastel - half a self-portrait

#draw365 post 3

By Stephie, on Friday 29th January, 2010 at 14:00 pm

#draw365 – see the groups’ drawings here

My Gallery – see all my drawings for the 365 project here

These are drawings I did last night, well, the early hours of this morning. I look at myself wondering who the hell I am. I don’t know, I just know that I don’t like what I see.

Self-portrait 1 - chalk and oil bar on paper

Self-portrait 2 - chalk

Self-portrait 3 - chalk

Self-portrait 3 - detail. Chalk

#draw365 – today’s contribution

By Stephie, on Wednesday 27th January, 2010 at 16:52 pm

#draw365

More self-portraits today. Still feeling crap, you can probably tell:

chalk pastels, A5 sketchbook

charcoal and chalks on A5 sketchbook

charcoal and chalk, approx 58x45cms

drawing detail, charcoal and chalk

Charcoal and chalk pastels, approx 70x50cm

drawing detail

#draw365: crisis + alcohol + music + charcoal =

By Stephie, on Wednesday 27th January, 2010 at 16:22 pm

#draw365

I plan to participate in an online drawing project to make a drawing a day for 365 days. Well, if I can. Motivation ebbs and flows. As does sanity. These are the drawings I made last night (6 self-portraits), when I was a bit ‘out of it’ to say the least. For once I feel relatively non-judgemental about them. They just ‘are’. Who cares, they’re just marks on paper.