I sketched this beetle last summer when I was at a cafe in the city near the giant chess board in Hyde Park. I had recently picked up the print of a beetle from a young artist on Pitt Street. He was handing them out for free.
I loved his version of a beetle but I wanted to draw my own – half inspired, half imagined.
I don’t think the sketch is quite finished, but it was so satisfying and fun to draw and I’m oddly content with its half finished form. Sometimes the pressure of sharing work with someone else hinders my ability to enjoy the process of creating work in the first place. Finished products are good – but so are playful sketches.
Gabriella Florek 