You know I think, at least at the present, I am very much a line person. I have been exploring this for sometimes now with the gestural marks, the horizons and in so many ways. It is so very basic. I wonder if it will change or if it is just a part of who I am? I suppose only time will tell that, uh?

That is funny you say I am a line and graph artist…very much the design influence, right? For years I wrote only on graph paper, isn’t that funny?

You have a great day, too, Andrea!

You know Dianne, I have always drawn this way and give a nod to my interior design background as those drawings (although highly structured) had to be from my imagination. I also have to say my id business partner is exceptional in allowing me this gift. If we have an id issue which needs resolving, she allows me the time to come up with some possibilities and she will make one of them work. So I am very lucky in having this nurtured, too.

Do you find when you don’t listen to your muse, after a while they will not visit you all that often? I find they need a lot of love.

Okay, I am off to your blog, Dianne!

Thank You!

I have been thinking, also, children’s faces are soft and round. When you draw just these basic features as lines, you can’t capture that.

I remember those paintings with the huge, round eyes…kind of were creepy to me, too. Those eyes always reminded me of snakes for some reason, and snakes are my horror!

Thanks for stopping by, Chewy.

Remember those paintings from the 60′s? The ones with the really big eyes? They were a little creepy to me.

It is funny, I think of you as someone who would really enjoy fiddling with line work…it is -in an abstract way- quick and often pleasurable. You have mentioned in comments (maybe on other blogs) you like charcoal and that really adds a lot of depth and textures of those otherwise thin line.

Children’s faces are very different and you are probably right, I would need to focus more on what I was doing in order to create more child-like faces. These are just quick gestural marks, really. I don’t think it was a “duh” moment to make that realization…unless someone focuses on certain things like that, why make the connections? I would love to see that pastel you did, though!

As for the eyebrow/nose deal…I think that comes from the gestural quality, too. Mainly, I suppose I never thought about doing it, but I also must have seen it done somewhere…maybe something you have shown me?

Thanks So Much, Babs! You are a true inspiration.

What I find interesting here is that in all but one of these faces, you’ve incorporated one eyebrow into the nose,,,,,with one line. I tend to do that myself.

In children’s faces the eyes are so huge, as they are the same size they will always be. The nose hasn’t yet grown, nor the face itself, of course. I’ve only done one (successful) child’s face,,,in a pastel class,,,and though everyone else may have already known this fact, it was the first time I realized it.I was like “well, DUH,,,,of course!”
Interesting post Kim,,,,,like always.