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
Felicity said,
November 23, 2005 @ 12:11 am
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.
Samantha said,
November 23, 2005 @ 7:00 pm
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!
Borg Hendrickson said,
November 30, 2005 @ 6:30 pm
Hi Lisa. I’m enjoying your site and blog.
For an eraser ….. try a kneaded one, available at art supply stores.