James Flynn

Every now and again I feel my artwork takes a certain step forward.

Now is one of those times. I feel I have reached a stage where I am creating the energy and mood that I strive for.

I have no doubt in my mind that I will progress more and more as time goes on, but there has definately been a recent shift.

Drawing portraits really is a strange thing. For so long I looked upon drawing as a careful, delicate process, and although it is true that portraits require a certain degree of accuracy, I can assure you that being "reckless" really does help too.

Quite a while back I put out a post on here titled "resisting the urge to be careful" (look it up, it's worth reading) where I spoke of the importance of not caring to much, and I believe this now more than ever.

The funny thing is is that it is really hard to put a pencil to your drawing and just put down bold harsh lines, and get an eraser and put slash marks over your work but it seems to work for me, and I enjoy drawing a lot more now too.

There have been times when I have drawn more carefully and precise, but the end result is not very revealing, and it doesn't show much character or energy to the viewer.

Here is a couple of my newest drawings, I use an app called "little photo" to get some of the different effects you see sometimes, I recommend it......

Any questions just give me a shout,

James Flynn