“A sign is enough to suggest a face, there is no need to impose eyes and a nose on people…It is important to leave room for the spectator’s reverie.”
and
“My line drawing is the purest and most direct translation of my emotion.”
Henri Matisse 1951

Camera Roll-8, originally uploaded by Waltzzz.

Drew this while I was I’ll and nauseous.

This is the version I like, but it has earlier iterations I’ll post here & past into this post.

An experiment in automatic drawing

I put myself in a receptive state of mind and let my hand just move without attempting to direct it, Ouija-board style.

This is in the tradition … Mark Toby, Jackson Pollock, letting nature come through … nature’s handwriting.

Photo 5 – 2012-01-30, originally uploaded by Waltzzz.

More calligraphy

IMG_7604, originally uploaded by Waltzzz.

Going to this exhibit at the Gallery of Modern Art just before the psychodrama conference really warmed me up to Matisse, or more accurately to doing my own sketching.

More images follow. I’ll put up another post with Matisse drawings I found on the net.

IMG_7627, originally uploaded by Waltzzz.

IMG_7605, originally uploaded by Waltzzz.

I bought the book!