I enjoy drawing as an end in itself, I love building up a drawing, playing with line and shading. I’m a bit of a paper snob and love the feel of a heavy good quality paper. My drawings are more like elaborate doodles. but any sketches I do for paintings or paper mache works tend to be really fast stick figures akin to shorthand I suppose, just a quick note of an idea so I can come back to it later.
Often the best ideas come when I’m in the middle of a project, so I whip down a wee note and a sketch so I can review later. I spend a bit of time writing in my sketchbook too, ideas and wafflings about what’s happening in my life, the occasional recipe, my “to do” lists, Christmas present ideas and so on.
An idea I may well come back to, a painting with an elaborate paper Mache frame.
An idea I had for a standing figure with a dog head. I considered weighted shoes before changing to big feet for balance.
The finished dogman, he turned out not so stable on his feet, so he leans against the house. Now I use a steel frame in the taller pieces to give more strength.
If you look closely at the sketch, you’ll see I was considering wings as well as high heels, I may revisit this idea in the future