I am going to be drawing this dog as a gift for a friend. I haven't decided what medium I'm going to use, but I did a quick charcoal sketch today. I think charcoal is a good choice for a black lab, but I don't have a good grasp on charcoal. I'm leaning towards colored pencil or graphite. I didn't quite have his proportions right here in this charcoal sketch, but it's actually a good likeness, considering the fact that I just spent a short time on it. And no, not all black labs look alike. Their faces are all different.
I don't have much to say today, no Van Gogh quotes or odes to olives or anything else that could make this post more interesting. And what is interesting anyway? All of that is subjective, right? Although I think it's easy to see what is not interesting and probably this post would fit into this category. But that's o.k.--we can't all be interesting all the time. I think if all of a persons' blog posts were interesting I would be suspicious or think that that person was trying too hard. I don't want to try too hard. There's nothing worse than forced writing, I think. So, blah blah blah. Here ends my uninteresting post...
3 comments:
very nice drawing and I agree on medium for said kind of dog.
i also agree about trying to hard to be interesting and forced writing and all that too and, ironically, I found your writing about not being interesting to be most interesting.
I am not interested in studying anymore today but slacking is currently not an option. harumph. I heart slacking.
The sketch reminded me of our black lab, Jet. He was the best friend a young girl could want. Went with me everywhere on the farm. He did like to run up our 1/2 mile long driveway though and chase cars that drove by. Wish I had a good picture of him now. It's so nice that you are doing these sketches for your friends...a very meaningful gift. Jet had the most soulful eyes. I can just see him tilting his head when I would talk to him.
Very nice looking Lab. He's got soul. A hunters dream companion.
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