I have had no shortage of places to draw in the house. I had in mind I would draw my art ‘room’ at the top of the house as it is my bolt hole and a place to relax that nobody else visits. I found some beautiful light play and reflection at different times of the day and I was excited that this could make a good composition and assignment.
However, sometimes things can be overworked and I may have been forcing this line of investigation too far as I was losing the sanctuary and peaceful feeling of the room. Plus it was getting too hot to continue working up there.
I then found another area of the house at a certain time of day that invokes all sorts of feelings that I wanted to capture in a drawing – or at least see if I could.
I was locking up the house at bedtime and switching off the lights when I came across this view:
It is very peaceful, but almost eerie. Not a soul except me awake. The landing light being left on to guide me upstairs. Shadows and reflections being cast on the tile floor. What is where the light is? What does it lead to?
This could be a great inspiration to combine Philip Geiger’s simplistic domestic scene with more focus on tone and atmosphere.
Tea and Doodles 