DRAWING DAY – INTERNATIONAL
It’s not rocket science (although a rocket can be your first drawing), all you need is a pencil and paper to get going. Don’t fear the blank page, let it fear you! To start off easy, study the things close to you. A table lamp, sofa, a pet or perhaps birds in your garden. Get your wrist flowing and the cognitive part of your brain to link what you see to your physical body. Let your pencil run wild, don’t worry about making mistakes. Drawing is kind of like writing, as in, sometimes you just need to let the words flow out without stopping to fully flesh-out an idea.
Once you feel loosened up, now it’s time to get serious. When you begin to open up your heart and mind you will let out your true energy and nature. What are the emotions you feel the most? Some of the most vividly haunting paintings ever have been about everyday emotions that we go through.
ALSO
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California
On May 16, 1960
- 1920 Joan of Arc (Jeanne D’arc) canonized a saint
- 1986 “Top Gun”, directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruisepremieres
BIRTHDAYS
- 1983 – Daniel Kerr, Australian footballer
1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter actress
- 1995 – Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer
