digital drawing

Woman drawing

by
mujer en rojo

Woman drawing is a portrait of a beautiful young woman that I started a few days ago. In the reference photograph, the woman had a graceful smile. I wanted to tone it down. I transformed it into seriousness. Her eyes were light, and I also wanted to add a touch of concern. In short, to give her a more worried or self-absorbed tone.

I’ve always found the mixture of beauty and concern interesting to contemplate. You wonder what’s happened to her, what’s troubling her. This probably arises from the widespread idea that beauty should not be mixed with problems. Beauty, like wealth or happiness, is often seen as separate from misfortunes and difficulties.

On the other hand, I manipulated her eyes to convey a certain perplexity. It’s as if she’s looking at something she doesn’t fully understand. At the same time, her eyes aren’t focused on the object, person, or landscape in front of her. Her gaze is turned inward, focused on her thoughts, as if she were empty or lost.

I Just Draw

by
Thinking draw

Some people ask me what I do. I say: I draw. They ask: What do you draw? Drawings. It sounds like a joke.
Then I pull out my phone, show them my website. Their response is always the same: “Oh.”
As if they’re saying, “Right, I get it.” But I bet they don’t. Next comes the classic: “Are you an illustrator?” And I say no. I just like drawing. So I draw. Before that, I did photography. At first, plain photography—vernacular, just recording what was there. Then I shifted into surreal photography. Then, briefly, digital painting.
Until finally, I landed in drawing.

Whether drawing is a form of art is up for debate, I think.
If a banana taped to a wall sells for millions, there’s plenty of room. Drawing should be acknowledged as art. I’m sure it’s not that simple for critics, who must theorize, analyze, and classify.
But that’s not my concern.
I just draw. I do what I want.
Let the world figure out how to label it.

If you want to understand what I do, don’t ask me. Go see it.
Visit my website and decide for yourself.