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St Kilda Girl Drawing 19/08/17
'Australian Geisha' Illustration 17/08/2017
Drawing exercise. 15/08/2017
Gone painting..
Don't Break your Own Rules. I told myself a long time ago "Leith, if you're going to share your opinions or thoughts with the world, stay away from politics and religion". After watching, listening and reading about the United States and North Korean situation over the last week or so, I inevitably responded in my own way late last night with my own reactionary illustration (the cropped image here was part of it). I was frustrated and annoyed with what is going on (I still am) and usually find that drawing/responding in a creative way is pretty therapeutic for me. Well, that was fine until I decided to post the illustration to my social media pages. Going by the response on my Instagram page, it appeared to have gone somewhat viral and I was inundated with hundreds of 'likes'. Something I haven’t experienced before. By the way, I don't create or post my work online for facebook or Instagram 'likes'. I certainly use the social media platforms as a form of 'show and tell' which serves my ego just fine, but predominantly I am seeking interaction with people either like minded (pardon the pun) or those who relate in some way to what I am creating. It’s self promotion in short. The fact that galleries, Art Directors or anyone else is interested in using my services or purchasing art is a bonus naturally. So back to what I want to say here.. for anyone wondering why the illustration disappeared.. I took it down basically, had second thoughts.. deleted it. My reason? Well unlike the other political poster I have in the feed here ( ‘Smart Bombs, Dumb People’ where the content is based very much in tongue in cheek humour), I felt last nights drawing could be misread as feeding into an anti American sentiment and be offensive to some people. Something which didn’t sit well with me. Look, I know very little about anything let alone the politics of war. I'm just someone who makes pictures with an opinion like anybody else. I like to think I am right most of the time, but of course realise there are many factors that make up the truth. What I do know is that I wasn’t raised by my parents to offend people. So I censored myself. There I said it. Deal with it :)
Toy guns and vultures. 12/08/2017
Composition and balance issues aside, I'm happy so far with this new work in progress. I'll rest up and reassess in the morning..
Don't always believe what they tell you. 10/08/17
All I am saying..
Beach Break. Illustration. 04/08/17
'Factory Worker. Feb 22 1987' Drawing 01/08/17
'Girl in the Red Riding Hood' Drawing 01/08/17