I do not draw a lot. Yet I doodle constantly, I find it to be a good way to keep myself concentrating in lectures and a good way to brainstorm during projects. I consider the drawing and doodling completely different actions. While my “drawings” are tight and rigid things that I cannot find it in me to appreciate, my doodles are looser and can be more interesting; or so I find. I challenged myself last term with help from my tutor and Betty Edwards’ “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” to integrate the two things into one activity that I might enjoy, I’m still very much working on it. I barely use drawing in my own personal practice, and although this is not an issue most of the time, it does make me feel restricted when working with certain projects. (Which is why I chose Marking the Page as my elective. It is very much outside my comfort zone.)
I chose my drawing/doodle not because it is particularly successful as an image, but more because it shows how I can slip from lengthy doodling (on the right) to a quick observational doodle (on the left) in the style I do hope to improve and develop into something I might appreciate some day.
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