The powdery feeling on my fingers is something I don't like at all, almost abhorrent! But I am trying. These are a couple of exercises a group of us tried out when we got together recently at one of the artist's studios. Drawing without looking (covering the paper with another sheet), then crisscrossing over with black lines and then I suppose you could call it colouring in! There were vast differences in outcomes - abstract, realist, cubist. We drew each other but don't think I was with a group of aliens - remember, I said we weren't looking...
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I feel that way about clay, funny isn't it. I adore ceramics and pastels, just not doing them myself.
I'm that way about clay too. Pottery was another creative endeavour (20 years ago!) but had to give it up after a year or two - was wrecking my hands. Probably the frequent handwashing more than the clay handling...
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