I’m often told that I should make a time-lapse of my drawing process, start to finish. So I tried it this week, got about a day and a half in and I just couldn’t do it. I enter this meditative, flow state when I draw, I know it’s magical and imperative to the process but I had no idea how tenuous it was until I turned a camera on. I just couldn’t enter that quiet state and without it I wasn’t connecting with the drawing, with myself, or the landscape I was representing. It was like we couldn’t hear each other, or speak to each other. I know it sounds cheesy but it’s true! I was troubled by it all night. So I stopped filming and my drawing and I are flowing again 〰️〰️ I wish I could share my weird process with you all on this platform but it just wasn’t working. I’m still boggled by how quickly the camera shut down that magical, art making space. It’s just too personal I guess ✨✨ . #studioramblings #flowstate #meditation #portland #oregon #drawing #charcoaldrawing #charcoal #realism #fineart #contemporaryart #representationalart #landscape #landscapedrawing #art #stephaniebuer #artist #artistsoninstagram #nakiacreekfire #pacificnorthwest #wildfireseason #artmaking https://www.instagram.com/p/ClAJEEBvmsA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=