My Telephone – Everyday Matters Challenge #13
As I mentioned earlier, I recently joined the Everyday Matters yahoo group to investigate drawings and how I might use some of the techniques in my quilts.
They have a weekly challenge and this week I went back and did #13 – draw your telephone. I did this drawing at work while waiting for my computer to do it’s job (it’s very slow).
I dislike my telephone at work. It rings too loud. I can’t figure out how to make it quieter. Every time I try it seems to just get louder. So every time the phone rings I jump. As my son would say, it makes me jittery. This drawing makes me jittery. So I think I’ve done a good job capturing the essence of the thing.
My Phone © 2005 Lisa Call
What I learned doing this drawing:
- It’s been a long time (30 years?) since I’ve done much drawing. It’s fun, although I still prefer fabric.
- Pencil is very smudgy and I made a mess of the paper. Plenty of fingerprints to identify the artist on this one. Hm – how do you do this without making a mess? Or do I just need to buy a good eraser?
- Doing all that dark shading is very noisy in the quiet cubes [note - you can see the phone just to the left of my computer monitor in this picture]. I had to finish that part at home because I think everyone knew I wasn’t exactly doing computer things at the time.
- I can’t count – I wrote 1 – 2 – 5 – 4 on the buttons first try. Oops…
Posted by Lisa in: Drawings
I think you really have captured how you feel about your phone! (I can’t count either, that makes me feel better!)
I use a small piece of tracing paper under my hand to protect the drawing.
Wow- that drawing really does make me feel jittery, and off balance. If that’s how your work phone makes you feel, you got it!
Hi Lisa. I’m enjoying your site and blog.
For an eraser ….. try a kneaded one, available at art supply stores.