Day two hundred and twenty-one: The general rules of those making daily drawings, state that the they can be anything, even just a scribble or line, as long as it gets done. I usually do much more than that, but tonight I got a later start than usual. More ready for bed than a drawing session, I remembered some Picasso prints we were browsing through today in preparation for a cataloging project. Some of his prints of animals are made with just a few lines. Yet amazingly they appear modern, balanced and complete. The skill, I suspect, is being able to get the most out of the line. So I decided to try a study of a parrot with as few lines as possible. This is it. The effort made the think of Chinese calligraphy or Japanese paintings that only use a few brushstrokes. I kind of like it. Plus it was finished in just a few minutes!
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