Ancia Woo
Instagram: @ancianw
What is more real, the visible world outside us or the world inside the mind? The visible world is what catches my eye, the organic lines of nature or the geometry of an urban cityscape. The invisible world is what happens when I sit and daydream. My drawings are an intersection of the two, what I see and what I imagine could be.
When I’m outside, I stop to watch a bug, to observe the shadows on a building, to notice the interplay of shapes in a cityscape. I draw what captures my eye or my imagination, whether real places in the city or in nature, ideas in my head, or thoughts articulated through a mandala.
I especially like drawing buildings and urban landscapes. The lines, textures, shadows and perspective. They are places we live and work and play, places we visit, where we make memories. I try to capture the feeling of being there, whether immersed in the scene or looking on from afar. Sometimes cats appear to add life to a static scene. As they walk, explore, engage or just pass through, we can see the world through their eyes.
I like to draw the old-fashioned way, pencil and ink on paper, blocked out with simple drafting tools and inked in, often freehand. The whole process can take a month or more, with a drawing pinned to a board, adding a detail here, taking time, watching it take shape and come together into something I can share with others – my observations and ideas. Reality and imagination.
What is more real, the visible world outside us or the world inside the mind? The visible world is what catches my eye, the organic lines of nature or the geometry of an urban cityscape. The invisible world is what happens when I sit and daydream. My drawings are an intersection of the two, what I see and what I imagine could be.
When I’m outside, I stop to watch a bug, to observe the shadows on a building, to notice the interplay of shapes in a cityscape. I draw what captures my eye or my imagination, whether real places in the city or in nature, ideas in my head, or thoughts articulated through a mandala.
I especially like drawing buildings and urban landscapes. The lines, textures, shadows and perspective. They are places we live and work and play, places we visit, where we make memories. I try to capture the feeling of being there, whether immersed in the scene or looking on from afar. Sometimes cats appear to add life to a static scene. As they walk, explore, engage or just pass through, we can see the world through their eyes.
I like to draw the old-fashioned way, pencil and ink on paper, blocked out with simple drafting tools and inked in, often freehand. The whole process can take a month or more, with a drawing pinned to a board, adding a detail here, taking time, watching it take shape and come together into something I can share with others – my observations and ideas. Reality and imagination.
