General to specific drawing #5 - Beat arachnophobia

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Hello again!

As I decided last time, I chose something awful (to me) as a model to practice. I've got arachnophobia, so the choice was obvious. The search itself was already difficult ;) Even the photos made me shiver.

I know, that spiders are very useful creatures, but disgust is stronger than intellect. It's an atavistic unconditioned reflex.

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Meet my model 馃槚. First draw.

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And guess what; something strange happend. While drawing, I gradually stopped seing awful creature. There left only colours, shadow and light.

The negative context disappeared, as if all my beliefs had fled. What was left was an objective "something." It seems that all the advice like: be an objective observer, don't name what you draw, focus on shapes and colors, makes sense!

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Work on progress...

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...and the final version.

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Compariton. Definitely my spider has a more handsome face! I gave him plastic surgery 馃榿

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I't possible it wasn't my last collaboration with spiders 馃槈

See you soon 馃尯

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