‘Blind Folded Rolls’ - Art By BDMiller
Source of subject photo used to create blind contour drawing

So I had a bit of a moment ..

I think, quite possibly, almost every artist has a moment like this. This was a moment where I said, “This is crap.” At that moment I folded the drawing in half and in half again, then threw it into the wastebasket. This was another quick head clearing Blind Contour Drawing, that I perform to just reset my thoughts and practice my eye hand coordination. (Blind Contour Drawing - A drawing done in one continuous line without looking at the drawing, only the subject) Most of the time I just toss these drawings into a pile and never look at them again, being that they are only for practice. Sometimes I really like them and may even finish them with some shading or even color.

Not this time ..

This time I got frustrated with it. For some reason I just couldn’t see any beauty in it. I wasn’t satisfied with what my hand blindly put down as a grotesque interpretation of the subject. What was I really expecting? I wasn’t expecting a masterpiece in three minutes, so why did this bother me enough to trash it. Maybe I am having a bad day, or maybe I put too much pressure on myself to turn out perfect work. I am not perfect. Nothing I say, do, or create is perfect. So after I said this to myself a few times, I reached into the trash and unfolded the drawing. I placed it with the others and simply moved forward.

Photo of the trashed drawing.. Small piece of paper missing was taken to write some notes on. It wasn’t enough I threw it away.. Haha. It was still salvageable.

The more I thought about it ..

I decided to blog about it. Why not? I feel everyone has moments like this. I know that I have trashed things in the past for this exact same reason. Usually I do not place them kindly aside in order to wait it out to see if I change my mind or not. Nope.. I destroy them so that there is no going back. Am I alone here? I know the answer to this one already. :-)

Finished Drawing by BDMiller

So I will name it ..

‘Blind Folded Rolls’ .. I feel like I owe it a name, being that I brought it back from the dead. That's as far as I am going with it right now. If I get bored later, I may add a little shading and see if my mind comes around on it. Who knows, I just may surprise myself.

Photo of a 1932 Rolls Royce Roadster ..

Source
This was the photo I used for the subject of my drawing. I placed the Sharpie onto the paper and turned my eyes to the photo above, never looking down until I thought the single line drawing was finished. I have been hammered with things today (typical Monday) so maybe my mind was not in the right place for this exercise today. I’ll try again another day, hopefully with more self satisfying results.

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About Me ~ The Artist

My art work incorporates a wide variety of subject matter, including landscape, seascape, cityscape, and still life images. My works are the product of a continuing process of exploration through which I seek to portray personal and visionary interpretations of my surroundings. My paintings are impressions of places and events from everyday life, an interpretation of my imagination, and personal responses to what I see and feel on a daily basis. More recently I have invested generous amounts of time into my landscape painting. I am surrounded by natural and man made beauty, which inherently presents itself in the tri-state area, and almost demands that I paint it.

Not everything is art. Art is not everything, but it comes close. Art is everywhere and all the time. Art makes you experience the beauty of the world, the people in it, and the places we call home. Art itself is so influential that it can tell stories, show feelings, and express passion or fury. Art exists in addition to language; expression of sensations and thoughts, revealing a way of thinking too subtle and delicate for words.

For me art requires love, honesty and perseverance. In return, it reveals some personal, non-analyzable, and creative untamed passion. For the public, art with its magnificent beauty, improves mood and health and builds better human beings and communities. It engages the intellect, softens the heart, strengthens the soul and frees the spirit.

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