#Graphite scribbling

[pityroadart]

no morning colder than the first frost / no friends closer than the ones we've lost

Rain in Soho by The Mountain Goats + birds on a telephone wire

[izel-scribbles]

hoziest guy ever 🤯🤯🤯

(no lyrics version under the cut)

why did tumblr absolutely buttfuck the picture quality what the heck

[juliathepepper]

⋆✴︎˚。⋆ 🐟🎣🎏 ⋆。˚✴︎⋆

[0ne-eyed-ghost]

YEAH HI. IT'S ME. I'M HERE AGAIN.............. CCCC tober anyone ? day 1 ? Day n0.1 ? Dream :] I knoww the prompts in purple but DREAMS ONE OF SOULS SONGS!!!!!!!!!! SOOOOO :boom: Grins...... This isss graphite! All on my sketchbook + My fingertip <3 [Red filter over-top and some saturation but nonetheless still real] I thought about the lyrics n' thought to make him cry!!!!!!!!! Hate him!!!!!!! [Affectionate] Anyways .......... We'll see if I can keep up with the prompts but it's all up to motivation.... I enjoy graphite drawings they're so fun to do so expect more :fire:

[spectralbugs]

amity doodles i did on my lunch break today :) :P

[cityoftheangelllls]

”SHE’S ALIVE!”

Elsa Lanchester as the Bride of Frankenstein! 

I got a new phone today so now I can take higher quality pictures of my traditional art!

What Halloween-themed art should I make next? I feel low on ideas 😂🎃

[landfilloftrash]

yeah but he’s your thief

[averlym]

miscellany (again),, tags in the last image by @pyrotechnicarus

[bunnie-hospital]

some pencil sketches

[cuddlingdragons]

It's not the animal I associate with Samclair but after drawing this I said "oh, he's SO kitty!"

[artistfingers]

Gestures and quick sketches from Figure Drawing Club with @newdmodel, 2021-2022!

[gongedtornado]

i’m out with my mother right now. this will suffice.

original below 👇

[juliathepepper]

self portrait ^-^

[jupitercl0uds-art]

trying out that weird graphite water mixture thing (might (MIGHT) reblog with more)

[clickityweasel]

when i get breaks at work they let me hang out in the flight gallery and draw the engines

[steakout-05]

ok as an artist i personally find traditional painting to be. really really annoying. like. i do not have the patience for it and i just find it to be really frustrating to set up and actually do and i end up not liking the results. i find that there's little room for mistakes and trying to fix them usually ends up with me making 50 other ones, paints can be so inconsistent and having to rely on availability and certain brands to continue making the paint is really inconvenient, not to mention expensive. spending a bunch of time trying to mix the right shade of paint, only for it to go down a completely different shade of colour and not being able to do anything about it is so frustrating as someone who likes consistency and having things just, y'know, not change colour as soon as it dries. plus, they all use different chemicals and can go off really easily or change textures and i am just not ok with having all my materials having an expiration date like food. lead and graphite pencils just don't do that and they can last for years, they're more reliable. every paint is drastically different and trying to find the right one is not only time consuming but, again, expensive, and i don't even see the point in experimenting when most of my materials end up not even getting used if i don't like using them. plus, i'm just.... really impatient. waiting for paint to dry sucks and is why i much prefer digital or just drawing something because i don't need to wait for anything, it just works. and then when i do want to take my time and work slowly for a better result, it dries too fast. it's kinda hellish trying to balance that time, especially considering how inconsistent paints are.

i like to use guidelines when doing art and i find painting straight onto a canvas to be really tricky because there's a lack of direction for me to actually paint. i'm at a complete loss at what to do when i pick up a brush because i can't map it out first without risking screwing up the paint. there's just so many things to keep track of and so much wet paint to avoid and i just do not have the mind for it. putting colours on a canvas and praying that it works just isn't it for me and requires a discipline that i just don't wanna involve myself with. painting is also just like... really exhausting and kinda painful. i got some pretty bad back issues and my arms tire and get sore easily and quickly when i'm standing in front of a canvas. it's a really physical activity for me and i just don't find something to be very fun to do at all when it's physically hurting me. i know drawing on a canvas has this issue too, which is why i prefer sketchbooks. sitting down and drawing something that doesn't break my entire spine every time i do it is much more preferrable than questioning if i should go to the doctor every time i make a brushstroke, lol

that's not to say that there's nothing i like about painting though! i can paint simple little things, and i like doing that. i like mixing colours with a palette knife and i find it fun and even a little relaxing. i painted some cute little chibi cardboard cutouts of the mario brothers one time and i found that to be really fun and i think i'd like to do that again! but apart from that, i just do not have the patience for it. i love the look of traditional paintings and i find many to be really beautiful, but i could never get into actually doing it myself because i hate the process. i'm content with just sketching and doing digital stuff because that's more fun to me and less stressful of a process to do. it's fun, it allows for more mistakes, it's easier to build up layers of shading and lines, not to mention using building up a figure with guidelines is super helpful with visualising what i want it to look like, and i can just erase something if i don't want it there or want to change something. it just makes sense to me.

tl;dr i dont like painting because it's inconsistent, expensive, time-consuming, directionless, frustrating and it makes my back hurt really bad. i'll just stick to drawing stuff :)