Drawesome

[amberdreams]

This month's drawesome challenge is creating art without intent. You're meant to stop thinking and see what happens - which is both hard and easy!

I've got two offerings, though the second did have a purpose so is kind of a cheat.

I did this one first, starting it with a Ohuhu alcohol marker but switching to fountain pen after a few minutes because the way the marker ink was spreading out from the lines was annoying me and defeating the whole not thinking thing.




Then a few days later I was trying to get some sculpture trail designs done, and had an idea about doing a doodle design. So I picked up a Pentel brush pen and doodled this one.
I think I can count it towards this challenge because though the end result has a purpose, the process of just putting brush to paper and seeing what happened was the same.


I think the original automatic drawing idea isn't supposed to end up with anything recognisable but my hand to brain to hand is programmed to make shapes into things so...shrugs.

Comments

[mekare]

>>I think the original automatic drawing idea isn't supposed to end up with anything recognisable but my hand to brain to hand is programmed to make shapes into things so...shrugs.

I don't think that is a hard and fast rule.

I love both of these!

[amberdreams]

Hee! Thank you!

[mific]

I like them both a lot, and the second one is cute! Also the main article goss linked to has three examples where there are recognisable figures or objects in the details. I guess like with anything there's a spectrum of how abstract it can be, and how controlled, or not.

[amberdreams]

Yeah, brains are different, after all. Nobody's going to come up with the same things... Cheers!

[goss]

Awesome results! \o/

Yes, just agreeing with mific and mekare. From my understanding, Automatic drawing was a strategy that some Surrealists used as a springboard for their final result. So it would start off intuitively, and then they would take control and direct the visuals to create a unique-looking piece.

And I totally get you about the brain needing to make sense of the shapes! I had to struggle continuously to redirect my mind's eye from wanting to creating realistic looking things out of every line or shape I started.

[amberdreams]

yep, I think the first one was probably more in keeping with those surrealists, the second more my brain doing its thing, but both were fun. It's interesting to see how the different mediums affect what you draw - I might try it with pencil next time.

[goss]

Yeah, I think the medium definitely plays a part in the outcome. In using pencil, I found shading gradients to be soothing and satisfying, so I'm curious to see what I'll want to focus on using a pen or marker instead, for my second try at the challenge. :)

[goss]

ETA: Hey, don't forget to post these at drawesome - It's great seeing the wide variety of mediums being used for this challenge, and different styles too. :)

[amberdreams]

Oh yes, I was forgetting to post in both places 😂

[senmut]

I like this.

[amberdreams]

Thank you!

[minoanmiss]

I love these agglutinative dream architectures!

[amberdreams]

Agglutinative is a lovely word too! Thank you!

[tally]

Love these! So lively!

[amberdreams]

Thank you!