DRAWING PARTY TOKYOコミュのdrawing marathon

シンさん。お酒を飲みながら絵を描きまくるというのも面白そうですね。お酒の力で、新たな自分の才能とか発見しちゃえそう。そのパーティーはこれから毎月行う予定なんですか？

>モエモエ,
That's so interesting. It sounds very cool, and I like the idea. I think it's very different from the Drawing Party.

Because of the people involved, the feel of the event is one of encouragement and exploration. Not so much, developing skill through drawing from life. (Though, this is a great thing to do, it's so helpful) So it was more of a welcome to anyone, to explode with a loud fun noise, to paint themselves on the paper and smile and enjoy the CHAOS.

But I think the important difference is, at the first party, the focus was on drawing spontaneously from the heart, soul, brain. Not worrying about representing anything in particular. Because of this focus, I think people might be encouraged to try new things and grow as an artist. Even some people who say 'I can't draw," they can draw... and I hope they will draw. And working with other people who have good energy, this is a great way to build self-confidence. To encourage people to say "yes, i can do it."

We didn't have any rule... we didn't say "you have to draw abstract!" or something. Just, the people we collected for the party were interested in these things, because they share interests.

I think amongst many artists these days, there is a common interest in abstraction, and graffiti, and manga, etc.etc. So, these types of images showed up strongly in the drawings. Drawing Party is an organic living monster, so who knows what the drawings will look like next time. Maybe sometime a nude model would be cool. But this time, the simplicity of sitting down with a pen and some paper, and just making some lines with other people, was a big step. And it was chaos... but beautiful chaos, I think.

>David san

Sounds like you guys had a really great time.
I wish I were there.

If you make your hobby your job, sometimes that becomes distressing. I guess this party gave great release to those artists who manage assignments for work everyday.

By the way, I like drawing people's faces, especially people in subways. I do it very secretly...but they notice me 'cause I keep staring at them.

hahahaa,
i have the same problem. i really love to draw people on the train. in new york, people can give you attitude about it. it:s worse if you are a guy, i think.

i hear you, about making your hobby your job.
i think about it often. ;)