Stroking, Redoing, Sketching...all part of imperfections!

     "Love the way she sketches", that was my first thought few years ago when I saw a short video on how a pencil sketch was done. It was during Covid time and was locked in my four walls. For many Covid times were hard, am sorry for their loss. But to me, it helped me introspect and find many a hobbies.

    I enjoyed the cooking, blogging and stuff like that. But one thing that stood out was my pencil sketch. Then I regained the touch of stroking and shading, couple of months back. Each time I start a sketch, I get so engrossed in to it, that I loose track of time.

    Every stroke and every shade, makes me feel am still learning and yearning to do better. However there are certain things that it definitely teaches us. To name a few :

a) importance of the shades with white spaces around it. 

b) importance of erasing  part of the deep shade to make the contrast stand out.

c) importance of depth of pencil re-strokes that highlights the curve.

d) importance of gaps to make it look casual and gives realistic look.

e) importance of not to be perfect, as at times, mistakes or imperfections make it look much better.

    Yes it does take time to redo a lot of these sketches to make it look realistic. Isn't it fun to redo those strokes or shades over and over? I just love it when the final touches comes out outstanding.

    Just wondering, what if Life had these options of redoing our past, to give final touches?  Hmmm, I will leave that to your imagination.