Some days faces are beyond me

#sketchaday #day10/365

I had a zoom call with Kathleen from Odd Doll this morning, about the R&D project ‘Blink’ we are working on (which is exciting/ambitious/wild/brain melting - there's sure to be more about this as I go along). At the end I asked her if I could take a photo of her, to do my sketchaday drawing from today.

Kathleen gamely said yes.

I have a history of messing up people's faces when drawing, but these? Oh god. I assure you she looks so much more beautiful than any of these drawing’s suggest. I have not been able to capture Kathleen. As you can see, not for want of trying.

Why?

I wonder what it is that allows a drawing to become a likeness. It feels like a magical state that occasionally I almost by accident manage to visit. Rarely with faces.

It's so frustrating to feel locked out. As if a line of communication between my eye and hand turns on and off at will.

One of the reasons for doing a drawing a day this year is to see if I can find a way to visit that state, or to gain more control of it, more often.

Anyway, time zooms on and I must (for today) push on.

Meanwhile, sorry Kathleen xx.

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