sketching with pen and campfire charcoal

Finally got around to scanning some of the sketches I did on our camping weekend.  I doodled with fine point pen and also with charcoal left from the campfire.  

Campfire Charcoal drawing

Another pen drawing

Campfire Charcoal Hands

These two were exercises in trying to do a drawing without lifting my pen from the paper.

Creative 365: Day 15 Hands

The last few days I have been exploring hands and the idea that they allow us so much more than touch.  Hands convey emotion, often dependent on the other elements surrounding them. They can paint ideas into our minds. Nurturing, freedom, sadness, peace...love, hope. 

Last night in the wee hours I explored some of this further, and these two pieces are the result. I will be revisiting this path again and am thinking of other mediums to explore.

Creative 365: Day 14...Hands

I love my garden and cannot wait for spring so I can get in and start digging in the dirt. Spring also means opportunity to get back into the woods and find that connection with Earth again,  I am a very tactile person, and that is most likely the reason why my primary artistic focus has been with fibers and textiles.  

In spending time looking through images for inspiration, I began looking at hands and found myself fascinated by what I was finding; the different ways hands are used to express emotions, words, images. I think hands are even capable of hearing. 

Today I think I'll spend a little more time pondering all of this, studying hands and working with my own.