Lets start with the exercise of drawing a line, with practice it can help eye hand coordination. You´ll need a piece of paper and a pen or pencil. I like to start off using good quality tools, just in case I want to use it later on if its any good, which often they are, even at this early stage. I use a black water resistant, size 0.4 drawing pen and 100g white cartridge paper, size A6 or A5 or bigger. Place the pen on the page and swiftly either push the pen along or let the pen lead and just follow it where ever it wants to go. Don´t worry what it looks like for now, just feel the line flow out. Know when to stop and look at the drawing in all its abstract nature, turn it around and listen what it says to you, what it reminds you of. Draw another line on a new clean piece of paper, faster and more fluid. Then another. Our confidence will improve when practicing this small piece of freedom. This is called “Doodling”. It is a very valid starting point. If there is anything that comes through to you from these doodles you can work into them, to bring out a descriptive edge, cut it out or frame it just as it is, if you like it. Look patiently and think about each drawing what it means to you. We can paint and draw what is inside our minds and what we see outside of ourselves, we only need to accept what it is that we make. There are no rules, only the ones we make up ourselves.
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