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Sometimes a drawing is a sure thing. I’ve got lots of reference photos and I can clearly visualize how I want it to look. Sometimes what I want to draw is the feeling evoked by a scene. Now that’s trickier. Drawing a feeling is like drawing the wind. You can’t. You can only draw leaves flashing, or wheat rippling, or saplings bending.<\/p>\n

Note to self: To draw an emotion, keep both eyes and heart open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes a drawing is a sure thing. I’ve got lots of reference photos and I can clearly visualize how I want it to look. Sometimes what I want to draw is the feeling evoked by a scene. Now that’s trickier. Drawing a feeling is like drawing the wind. You can’t. 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