Today I decided to do an exercise I found at “Ctrl+Paint“: Draw 20 drawings of your phone. The trick is to move it between each drawing to get practice in judging different angles and perspectives. I found my phone annoying since gravity often took over – messing with the angles I had decided to draw from. Instead I found a 3D model of an old book at Sketchfab. It worked even better, as I could rotate it in any plane as I liked.
I put on my usual Noise generator and started working. It’s strange that – to not be too distracted while working – I find that having a bit of noise calms me to concentrate. At the noise generator I recommend the “Subaquatic Dream” and the “Cat Purr” and sometimes the “Cafe Restaurant” is pretty good too on very low volume. I tried out Audio books as well. But I get too distracted to be able to work simultaneously, so I had to give up on that. Audio books are better for cleaning chores and long drives alone in the car 🙂
When I was done with 5 book drawings I had had enough. It’s hard to do! I still felt like drawing though, so I went to Sketchdaily at Reddit, to check out today’s theme: “Swords”. I knew I had photos of a pretty cool viking sword, so I was happy drawing that. Here it is: My viking sword from late 9th century, found in Northern Jutland and exhibited in the Viking section at Moesgaard Museum, Denmark.
