Drawing to see
After an imminent post-working-in-the-shop-for-three-days-straight nap this afternoon, I spent the night drawing. Our art assignment was to pick an organic form and to draw what we saw, both in actual size and zoomed in. I chose an orange. You’d be surprised at the intricacies that lie within a simple fruit. Natural objects manage to appear simple at first glance, but constantly offer a challenge the more and more you explore them.
Sketches of an orange from my tree
I found the assignment both therapeutic (it’s a lesson in perspective to truly draw what you see rather than allowing your brain to make sense of what you see) and inspirational. It reminded me of Ross Lovegrove and his way of taking the complex natural structures around us and reducing them to pure beautiful simplicity in his designs.
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