It’s a Process

I’m usually quite shy about showing the process of a drawing, but I’m working to change that.

This past weekend I attended Death Salon: Getty Villa. I’m a tremendous fan of Death Salon, and I had never been to the Getty Villa before, so it was quite the experience. This was my third Death Salon, and it definitely surpassed expectations. As happened during Death Salon: San Francisco, I found myself keen on drawing by the latter part of the day. 

Some folks might construe drawing during lectures as disrespectful to the speaker, and I can certainly understand how that might be perceived. For me, however, drawing during lectures serves multiple functions. Primarily, it keeps my hands busy, which keeps my mind from wandering until I doze off (which is easy for to do in a darkened, chilly lecture hall). I find I’m also likely to retain more, since I have an image associated with the topic being discussed. I’m not entirely sure how that works out, but I recall my college days of art history lectures and using notebook doodles to recall topics discussed in class: “Let’s see, early Roman art… I was sketching that laughing dragon…next to the notes about frescoes…oh yeah!”

Anyway, I couldn’t help but purchase an absolutely gorgeous blank book in the Villa’s gift shop, so it was only fitting that I start a sketch in it to commemorate the event. I call the result “Guardian of Memory.” I could expound on what Death Salon means to me, personally, but that’s a more complicated post for another day. For now, here’s the fruit of DS:GV’s inspiration:

How he looked at the end of the last program of the day.
How he looked at the end of the last program of the day.
Partway through inking on my lunch break a couple of days later.
The finished image.
The finished image.

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