ぼくのスケッチのルーツ The Root of my Sketching Life
部屋を整理してたら出て来た！Dan PriceのMoonlight Chronicles!! なんと1995年物です（笑）これが僕の『スケッチ』のルーツと言っても過言ではない。
Look what I have (re)discovered while cleaning my room. Moonlight Chronicles by Dan Price, circa 1995! I won't hesitate to say that this book/zine is my root, for my sketching life.
絵は子供のころからずっと好きで描いてたけど、『スケッチ』という形で何かを残すようになったのは、ホントにこの本？Zineを読んでからだなぁ。。。
I used to draw things since pretty much I was born but documenting, leaving something as a sketched format, happened after I read this book.
まだUrabn Sketchingなんて言うコトバも発明？されてなかった頃。当時はこうやって自分の身の回りの事を記録する事はJournaling（ジャーナリング）って言われてたよ。
It was well before the word "Urban Sketching" was invented. Back then, it was called "Journaling".
こんなに『上手く描こうとしてない』絵に、僕の心は射抜かれた（笑） これならオレもできるじゃん！て思ったよね、もちろん。
These lines!! I was struck by these "not trying to look good" look of his sketches. And I thought "well, I could do this!",
でも、到底こういう風には描けないのね！？ビックリしたのは、無意識にキレイに描こうとしてる自分。そして、それなりに描け過ぎて全然面白味のない絵！わかる？なんて言うのか、上手いんだけど、だからこそ魅力がないというのかな？面白くも何ともないの（笑）
But you know what, it was so very hard!? I was surprised to find out that I was unconsciously "trying to draw good". The sketch looked nice and OK but it was boring, you know?
ただ目の前のものを『描きたい』って描く事の重要さ。ピュアさとそれによって表現される面白さ。対象により似させて描く事を『上手い』と教育されていると、手や頭の記憶でスーーーッと上手い線を描いたりするけど、そうじゃない、とても初歩的な『描きたい』って言うだけの動機？「上手いとこ見せたい」って言うような、なんかスカしたイヤラシサがみじんもないのがスゲーと思ったね。
そんなワケで、未だにやっぱりこういう、どっちかというと描き手の個性が見える絵の方が断然に好きだなぁ。 でも世界は「上手い絵」が好きな人多いよね〜。教育され過ぎだよね。
Just drawing something in front of you, for the sake of wanting to draw. That pure energy or a desire to express, will give a drawing/sketch a soul. Maybe he was "trying to make these sketches good" who knows, but I didn't see them that way. It was more like, he tried as much as he could to draw whatever he wanted to draw, without trying to make them look perfect.
And I still value that kind of attitude myself. You need to have FUN sketching, not perfection. Though at the same time, I know many people love good/realistic looking sketches... I think they are overeducated, lol
Look what I have (re)discovered while cleaning my room. Moonlight Chronicles by Dan Price, circa 1995! I won't hesitate to say that this book/zine is my root, for my sketching life.
絵は子供のころからずっと好きで描いてたけど、『スケッチ』という形で何かを残すようになったのは、ホントにこの本？Zineを読んでからだなぁ。。。
I used to draw things since pretty much I was born but documenting, leaving something as a sketched format, happened after I read this book.
まだUrabn Sketchingなんて言うコトバも発明？されてなかった頃。当時はこうやって自分の身の回りの事を記録する事はJournaling（ジャーナリング）って言われてたよ。
It was well before the word "Urban Sketching" was invented. Back then, it was called "Journaling".
こんなに『上手く描こうとしてない』絵に、僕の心は射抜かれた（笑） これならオレもできるじゃん！て思ったよね、もちろん。
These lines!! I was struck by these "not trying to look good" look of his sketches. And I thought "well, I could do this!",
でも、到底こういう風には描けないのね！？ビックリしたのは、無意識にキレイに描こうとしてる自分。そして、それなりに描け過ぎて全然面白味のない絵！わかる？なんて言うのか、上手いんだけど、だからこそ魅力がないというのかな？面白くも何ともないの（笑）
But you know what, it was so very hard!? I was surprised to find out that I was unconsciously "trying to draw good". The sketch looked nice and OK but it was boring, you know?
ただ目の前のものを『描きたい』って描く事の重要さ。ピュアさとそれによって表現される面白さ。対象により似させて描く事を『上手い』と教育されていると、手や頭の記憶でスーーーッと上手い線を描いたりするけど、そうじゃない、とても初歩的な『描きたい』って言うだけの動機？「上手いとこ見せたい」って言うような、なんかスカしたイヤラシサがみじんもないのがスゲーと思ったね。
そんなワケで、未だにやっぱりこういう、どっちかというと描き手の個性が見える絵の方が断然に好きだなぁ。 でも世界は「上手い絵」が好きな人多いよね〜。教育され過ぎだよね。
Just drawing something in front of you, for the sake of wanting to draw. That pure energy or a desire to express, will give a drawing/sketch a soul. Maybe he was "trying to make these sketches good" who knows, but I didn't see them that way. It was more like, he tried as much as he could to draw whatever he wanted to draw, without trying to make them look perfect.
And I still value that kind of attitude myself. You need to have FUN sketching, not perfection. Though at the same time, I know many people love good/realistic looking sketches... I think they are overeducated, lol
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