Normally I draw in sketchbooks. And normally I draw for myself. But with my mother's 80th birthday coming up I thought I'd use my drawing skills to produce a unique present for her. She loves orchids and drawing flowers is fun. So I searched for good pictures of orchids and did one or the other drawing in my sketchbook to practise a bit. Then it was time to do the real thing. I had a nice sheet of Hahnemühle paper left that I used. Today I bought a frame for the drawing and here is my first framed drawing. I hope she'll appreciate it when I present it to her at the end of the month.
This is a phenomenon you often hear about when it comes to drawing in sketchbooks. Sketchbooks are not only a tool these days. They often are a piece of art themselves. People want them to look good. And they especially don't want to start a new sketchbook with a bad page. So there is advice out there about how to overcome this fear of ruining a new sketchbook with a bad first page. One tip is to start somewhere in the middle. If you then ruin your drawing it's at least not on the first page. For me this doesn't work, because I date my drawings and want them to be in chronological order. And then, sooner or later you have to tackle that first page and still don't know if it will turn out good or not. Another tip suggests to use the first page to paint your colour palette or the tools you are going to use or something like this. Well, if this is useful to you, why not. I would simply say, chose a subject that is familiar to you, something you know you are good at. ...
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