Do you Know How to Draw? Me Neither!

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I don’t know how to draw, or so I think.  When I think of drawing I think of the great masters who can bring incredible reality to any face, the movement of elegant hands, perfection in every fold or wrinkle.  Me. not so much.  I doodle, and I guess I do draw but it’s just my own natural style.  My brain lately has been screaming at me like Sam Kinison– Take a drawing class, take a drawing class take a drawing class!  So loud too. Now I’m not boo hooing here.  I’m really here to say if you can’t draw or THINK you can’t don’t sweat it!  There are amazing things you can do and art you can make with no particular formal education or skills at all.  All it takes is a willingness to draw a line of two, a circle, or a curve.  It’s perfect whatever you do!  Because it’s you, uniquely you.  And then there are photographs. Oh yeah!  Photographs make an awesome foundation for App Art!  yes

Now let’s get to the second part of this.  Judgement.  Most of us, yes MOST of us no matter the apparent bravado many display, worry that others may think our artistic expression is not quite the stuff of Museum Worthy endeavors.  So what?  That’s just your brain buddy  protecting your ego.  Let that go.  The only reason I even mention this is because as I was uploading this image I had a similar thought but you know what?  So what?  Do it anyway.  I actually think it’s a cool image and that’s what matters.  Though I do hope you like it too and I really hope it inspires you to make some art and let go of self-defeating self judgement that might keep you from making or drawing or creating something cool and sharing it with me and anyone in the world.  How’s that for a dose of artist reality?  Truth.  Now go make a cool doodle and sit back to smile at your handiwork. xxookim

My friend Kim, shot with my cell phone and artistically manipulated in at least two different apps.

 

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About charr

Charr Crail is a Northern California photographer and artist with an avid passion for creating unique digital imagery. Charr, a full-time freelance photographer, spans the divide between photojournalism and extraordinary art via photography and can trace back her evolution as an photographer/artist from three dominant sources. Her father made his living as a newspaper photographer and as soon as he could, was taking young Charr, then four, on assignments to capture a lifetime of experiences and images. He instilled a sense of adventure and curiosity in her as they would often meander down unknown country roads of the South – just to see and capture what was out there. Soon after, Charr would develop her eye for photography and journalism as “the river that runs through everything she does”. Charr’s mother blessed her daughter with the ability to appreciate art in its various mediums. Further, her mother was able to pass along the joy, satisfaction and excitement one can experience in actively creating something beautiful. It’s no surprise, then, that Charr would become a photojournalist and later a photo editor spanning two decades working for Northern California publications including The Sacramento Bee. Often, her assignments would include community events with a “close to home” theme woven into every image and story she captured. Her photojournalistic experience has therefore been nuanced through everything she produces. She’s also drawn to the wonder of color and the beauty that can be found in the composure of a face and the make-up of the human bodyscape. Charr has won countless awards for masterful pieces including; the Professional Photographers of America LOAN Collection for two consecutive years, WPPI Grand Award and her work has been featured in the Di Rosa Museum in California’s beautiful Napa Wine Region and is also part of the permanent collection. Separately, she instructs digital photography workshops that teach students how to blow out the creativity of their photography in simple methods using programs like Adobe Photoshop and how to market using mobile devices-- Visual Content Creation using Mobile Devices.. Charr lives in Sacramento with her husband Chris and kitties Leeloo and Sadie.

One Response to Do you Know How to Draw? Me Neither!

  1. Eric I. Thompson says:
    June 3, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    There has been a life drawing class at Linden House taught exclusively by the figurative painter John Luce Lockett for several years now, but the time has come to expand due to demand for instruction in drawing from many quarters. The aims of the Northampton School of Drawing are simple and straightforward even when some of the concepts involved are not.

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