SAINT JHN

On Dec 17th, Saint Jhn performed at Webster Hall in NYC, and his show now ranks among the top 5 concerts I've ever been to. This drawing was made before the concert actually, about a month ago in November. I really enjoy drawing black & white contrasted portraits of artists I love, and now I'm so glad I have this one, because the concert elevated his status even higher as one of my favorite artists. His music is fun, danceable, has witty lyrics, and sounds fantastic a cappella. Go listen!!!

Peony - a page from the sketchbook

All I had handy was a blue pen. Flowers are not intimidating objects to draw. I think it seems that way sometimes because the more petals that are added, the more layers that are stacked, and the more strokes that are folded in, gives the drawing some element of depth. However, depth and visual complexity does not equate to difficult to draw. In fact, if you break down this drawing line by line, it really is just a bunch of squiggly lines. How you draw, shape, and weave those lines together determines the success or failure of a drawing. I'm not by any means calling this a masterpiece, but I am just emphasizing how simple these things really are. So for anyone that wants to have a New Year's Resolution to look at their phone less, scroll less, watch less - just pick up a pen and paper and start drawing squiggly lines!!