I believe in plunging into projects. Sometimes, these involve buying things. Other times, I can use what I have. And sometimes, I just want to watch other people do their craft. It’s helpful to have them explain things along the way.
Today, I found a YouTube video by a man named Zak Korvin. He’s
an Englishman living in Peru, and he does Sacred Geometry. I watched a beginner's
tutorial he had posted. The link to that is here, if you are
interested in watching it too.
I was entranced. I want this for myself. I can’t wait. I
wonder what will happen to me as I learn the basic lines, the ins and outs. I
loved how he wielded his erasers to diminish the look of the construction lines
he drew with his compass, how he switched when it was time to switch to his
pens. How he used the narrow-lined pens, and as he sat back and looked at the
drawing some minutes into its creation, how he began to trace over those lines
with a thicker pen.
I have most of the material I will need. Certainly, I have
the pens. Or at least some of them. In the days since I began writing this
piece (it’s been sitting on my desktop for a few days), I got
my locking compass. That puppy is a good ten inches long. It was the only
locking compass I could find on Amazon. At least I’ll be able to make big
circles if I want to. My ruler is still coming, though I do have some shorter
ones.
I’m pretty sure I’ve got paper to use. If anything, I’ve
been saving the brown packing material Amazon uses to ship. It seemed a shame
just to throw it away. I uncrumple it, smooth it out the best I can, and then
roll it up. Perfect for making pattern pieces. Fun for the cats if I unroll it
out in the hallway.
Do you do anything with sacred geometry art? Is the purpose anything
other than something pretty to draw, or can you get into it the way you can
with drawing zentangles?
Hey, thanks for reading.
Pauline Evanosky
Where I am Online
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