Drawing With My Non-Dominant Hand

 

This will only be a short post. Last week has been quite crazy due to a rather large order I got in my Etsy shop and many things didn't get done that I have to do this week before it heats up again, especially in the garden.

Back in April (yes, I know, I have a lot of catch-up to do) I took one of the short workshops by Laly Mille. Her style of art work speaks to me and I like her calm and very personal way of teaching. I think this class was called "Flower Flow", but maybe I remember this incorrectly - well, anyway I call it this way. The most surprising 'thing' I learned in this class was that I can actually draw with my non-dominant hand. We were encouraged to use a Stabilo All pencil - if I remember correctly I actually used an aquarellable graphite pencil by Faber-Castell, one of my favorite tools. First, I gessoed some book pages and music sheets, then with my non-dominant hand I drew flowers and leaves on those pages after they had dried. The flowers were then "smudged" with matte medium. It became quite addictive and I created way more than I needed (they will go into some future artwork or in my art journal).

With some bits of scrapbook paper I collaged four pieces of watercolor paper and then arranged my flowers and leaves with the images of Japanese Maple leaves I had found in a German magazine and glued everything down when I was happy with the design. I drew a few more flowers and leaves directly on the collage, used a bit of gesso to mute the colors of the Japanese Maple leaves, a piece of gauze and some subtle watercolor. Done. 

I am quite happy with the results. They aren't master pieces, but it was fun to make them.

Have you created anything recently? Or taken a class that you really liked?