I have been working on this drawing since mid-October. The original concept was to draw a number of columns with busts of very common faces. The idea was a very vague one and the work in my head was tentatively entitled The Museum of Very Common Man. Later on I reduced the number of heads to just two and the idea developed into one of an impossible love or a dead or dying one. I frequently turn to the concept of lovers in its widest sense and so I started...
Three weeks later I see this is not really getting anywhere. I made a couple of mistakes on the male head and had to darken it. The whole picture, though unfinished, lacks coherence and a sense of purpose.
I think it is only fair to admit defeat and stop flogging a horse that now looks beyond resurrection. There is some disappointment of course but on the other hand I am starting on a new, more promising drawing.
Sometimes you have to eat humble and accept failure with some grace.
Three weeks later I see this is not really getting anywhere. I made a couple of mistakes on the male head and had to darken it. The whole picture, though unfinished, lacks coherence and a sense of purpose.
I think it is only fair to admit defeat and stop flogging a horse that now looks beyond resurrection. There is some disappointment of course but on the other hand I am starting on a new, more promising drawing.
Sometimes you have to eat humble and accept failure with some grace.
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