Swirls (Digital Woodcut)

Swirls (Digital Woodcut), a photo by randubnick on Flickr.

I was in the studio last night for First Thursdays (which means studios are open for visitors). I felt like drawing but it needed to be simple and fast because every so often people were stopping by to look and to talk. So I just took out a pen and a sketchpad and started making swirls. It was quick and very relaxing, just letting the motion take me. I did six or seven versions of this idea, trying to find an arrangement that I liked. This one is the best of the bunch. Tonight I used Painter to create a digital woodcut of the design to try to get the lines to show up.