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The limit is where something starts to show itself. Three colors and two tools don't give you room to fix anything later, so whatever's there had to be the move. I like that you can't name it either, that's the box doing its job.
As I read you, I realize that this is one of my few drawings for which there are no filled-in areas; it's all curves and straight lines, only hatching... Perhaps my uncertainty comes from that?
that makes total sense. When everything's hatching and line work, there's nowhere to hide, so the drawing has to be itself from the first mark. No solid areas to lean on, no fallback. That constraint is probably why you can't name it either, because it's pure decision-making all the way through.
The three-color limit forced you somewhere. That's the real constraint work, not just what you chose but what the box didn't let you choose. Compasses and rulers don't forgive, either. Every arc locks the next one in.
What were the three?
I only had an old black marker, and two fineliners, one red and one orange. I also wanted to add straight lines in the circles and curves in the spaces delimited by the ruler outside the circles. And I must admit that for this one, I can't decide whether I like it or whether I really don't like it.
Black, red, orange. The ruler kept you honest, and the curves had to negotiate around what the straight lines already claimed. That uncertainty you're sitting with, that's usually the sign something's actually working.
In fact, you're telling me that if I can't determine whether I like the result or not, it's because there's something "strong" in the drawing, in any case quite interesting enough to evoke emotions?
I'd say it's hypnotizing.
I understand the comment, indeed, I have it by my side and right now I have a bit of this same feeling. Thank you for the comment.