70 - SneakyArt Drop
sea planes?
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I went to the Coal Harbour neighborhood in downtown Vancouver to draw the sea-planes. I don’t often draw planes, so I figured it would be an interesting shape with which to challenge myself.
To draw something that challenges you, you must begin by not recognizing it. William Blake would have you cleanse the doors of perception, but I think of it as an exercise in blurring perception - to see not the object as you recognize it, but the lines and shapes as they present themselves to you. You have to get to “the things themselves”.
The next step is to refer to your vocabulary of shapes, what I have also previously described as a library of good lines. You pull out relevant shapes and lines, match them with what you see, and get on with it.
Happy Monday, and best wishes for a great week.
Approaching unfamiliar objects to draw by unrecognizing them is a fascinating concept to me. I learned something new again. I enjoyed this installment very much.
As someone who is trying to learn to be a better illustrator, I find your decision to not include the horizon, distant landscape or a sense of the water surface itself really fascinating.
Thanks! Always enjoy these.