Slow Art

Slow down
Saving time is not the answer
Have you ever wondered where all that saved time goes?
You should read “Momo” by Michael Ende on that question.

A friend of mine recently commented: “I think you should go the opposite way with your drawings, instead of trying to be faster and simpler – slow down even more, take your time and go deeper with it”
Lets see how that will work in real live, eh?

So here I am SLOWLY working away on my blogs title illustration. In colour! Shock horror!

I had an inkling of my disposition when I attended a portfolio preparation class and the teacher told me to speed up, look at modern art and that the days of the old masters where over and I should live in the here and now.
I was offended.
Surely there should be room for me in this world as well?
What was the rush?
And why so narrow minded?

I would like to be able to say that I had a cup of tea and just got on with it.
After a leisurely walk, that is. But alas, no, it just made me think there was no space for my long way of doing things, which is: slow!
I must speed up! Faster! Easier! Lighter! I must change my style!
I glanced at the other students, all fresh from doing their leaving cert and geared up to go to Art College.
I couldn’t do it.
My mad this-is-the-last-chance-to-go-to-Art-College-feeling disappeared.
I took my slim portfolio and left.

Fast forward nearly 6 years.

Oh dear, have I been doodling my time away?

I better get going!