Michael Nobbs

Eager to draw

Close-up photograph of a self-portrait on a small sketchbook page. The face is drawn in dark blue Neocolor II crayon with large round glasses, a bald head, moustache and beard, and one eye looking slightly upwards. Dense blue crayon fills much of the background around the head, with rough, textured marks left visible. At the top are the handwritten time “5.00 am” and date “22-9-26”. Down the right-hand side, in black ink lettering, are the words “LOOKING FORWARD TO MY TEA”. A black pen and blue Neocolor II crayon lie beside the drawing on the red-and-white patterned sketchbook.

After seeing my friend Cathryn’s Selfietember drawing yesterday which she drew with a Neocolor II, I knew that I wanted to try the same for my morning drawing today.

I woke up excited to draw (is that a new feeling?), made my tea, put food down for the cats and came back to bed and started to draw before I poured out my tea.

Photograph of an early-morning drawing setup on a bed. A small self-portrait sketchbook page rests on top of a larger red-and-white patterned sketchbook, with a round mirror, striped ceramic jug and drawing materials nearby. In the mirror, the artist’s face, round glasses and yellow-cased phone are reflected. The self-portrait is drawn in deep blue Neocolor II crayon, with bold glasses, facial features and a dark blue area around the head. Handwritten notes include “5.00 am”, the date “22-9-26” and, written in ink down the right-hand side, “LOOKING FORWARD TO MY TEA”.

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  1. Instagram and drawing at 4.00 am – Michael Nobbs

    […] Yesterday Cathryn described Neocolor IIs as “friendly”. I feel the need for some friendliness in the very dark morning — it feels especially dark this morning; I wonder where the moon is in its cycle — so I’m drawing myself with a red crayon and enjoying its soft waxiness. […]

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