Bypassing the Brain's Drawing Rules

Paintings

Bypassing the Brain's Drawing Rules

Painting from raw, bottom-up vision — no outlines, no symbols, no corrections


About eight years ago, when my daughter was in elementary school, she was painting with watercolors. As I sat beside her, I drew an anime character. It was the first time I had drawn anything since my compulsory school education.

 

Later, while sitting beside my daughter as she was drawing with crayons, I decided to draw with crayons as well. This is the drawing I made. It was my first time using crayons since I was a child.

 

 

 


Pages in this category

Oil Painting

No Practice

The first painting, the AI conversation, and the lie I told my painter friend — the story of how I found out I paint differently.

Oil Painting

22 Paintings

All paintings to date — oils, crayons, acrylics. No progression. No improvement arc. Just the same vision, 22 times.

Drawing

Before the Oil Paintings

Crayon and acrylic drawings made while keeping a child company. Cacao pods, avocados, bananas, watermelon — humming, not practicing.


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