Get Busy

I tell myself that I'm going to clock in massive hours in the studio on a daily (or nightly) basis and just crank out the work. Good or bad, just make art constantly. The good ones will rise to the top from the volume. Narangkar is racking up literally hundreds of hours on some amazing things for her upcoming solo exhibition. Time for Pete to get with the program.

It goes without saying that I'm falling way short of my goals for both time in the studio and time working on actual artworks while in the studio, but I've still managed to get a few pieces out of my brain and through my hands. Nothing great, but hopefully when I get through enough of these it'll be something. And I've really enjoyed the process, which it supposed to be what it is all about.

This drawing took way to long and, in retrospect, isn't that pleasing aesthetically. I just haven't found a happy way to use the vertical format without centering the image. This piece is even more claustrophobic framed. It is about 15 inches tall.

On the other hand, this piece just flowed out real smooth and easy. The arched form and lines on the right bring to mind a lot of the uninspired "rainbow art" that is floating around the scene these days (link chosen at random from many, many easy to find choices). That bothers me a little, but I still like this drawing a bunch and it felt good and loose during creation. It is about 10" tall.
I've got about four or five more pieces all done and trimmed and framed. No pictures for you yet, though. I often feel like just the processing of everything - scanning or photographing, file prepping, uploading, blogging, spellcheck, and on - can really interfere with art creation and often isn't worth the effort. Sure, it is important to document your work (there are certainly things I wish I had better records of), and these peripheral things are part of the professional art practice, but sometimes the digital side of things gets way to distracting and time consuming.
On another note, I need a general catch-all phrase for these building drawings. The machine ones are "time-wasting machines" (pretty clever, eh?), and I've been titling some of these as "wilderness" drawings (also pretty clever, no?), but it isn't sticking. Lil' help, people.