Drink helps to draw without mercy :)

One of the best part of the Symposium is Drink&Draw evenings! Eating and drinking and chatting and sketching each other - what can be better? I also think that a "drink" part definitely helps to sketch be looser and merciless. Here are some sketches from these evenings in Barcelona.

Paul, Tia, Tia's husband, KK, Kim, Liz and Barry.

Reza, Ea, Nina, Suhita, Lynne

Missing you, friends!

Liz Steel and Borromini in Lisbon

The first time I met Liz Steel was in Lisbon by the USk Symposium.

A new challenge for myself!

Well… this is a BIG step for me to post to this blog but I just have to share how much the concept of this blog has already inspired me.

I always want to draw people but fear of what my loose lines will do to a persons character is a bit frightening. Somehow this has prevented me from trying but whenever I do try I enjoy it....crazy I know. So.... when I saw Inma's self portrait with mercy book I knew what I was going to do.

I picked up an old small sketchbook (in which I tried to draw people in the past) and have decided that no matter what my mood or what the outcome I am going to have fun drawing self portraits of myself WITHOUT MERCY!

I am already having fun and lots of it!!!... and fun means I want to do it more and doing it more means that I want to improve and know better where to improve and what to research….  (you can see the problems I have when I start worrying about doing it properly - example No. 1)

Also the idea is to write a few personal thoughts each day too (not included in this scan) things I wouldn't normally write in my daily sketchbook.

So stay tuned as I start a new and exciting adventure!!!
BTW I think that without mercy = no fear!