Ten years ago today, I was living away from my family in another city and found myself with an abundance of free time. Doing my weekly supermarket shop, completely on impulse, I bought a notebook and pen, thinking it might be fun to do a quick drawing every day. I’d never done any serious drawing before, or had any real interest in art. I went home and in the evening drew my shoe. That’s where it all began.
Wow! Very impressive analysis! Self critique is tough, good on ya!
I’m in textiles. When people are first learning to spin fleece they unintentionally get it all lumpy and uneven, because it’s really hard. It takes a fair amount of practice to get even, consistent thread. Apparently this “practice thread” is really sought after by weavers because the lumps and bumps make really interesting cloth and experienced spinners are unable to make “shitty” thread once they develop the muscle memory.
Anyway, I look at this drawing like that. It has a character to it that it comes by honestly. It’s a wonky shoe, but that probably makes it more interesting than if it was photo perfect. I’d be interested to see what your shoes look like now!
I’d never heard of that. That’s really interesting!