![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/59e77e84096065.5d526e2b4b5b4.jpg)
A Simple Present is a personal project I worked on in the summer of 2019. I try to lose fear of the pencil and the paper and the lines – my lines. I try to draw what I know, sometimes what is in front of me now, sometimes things from memory from 30 years ago.
Drawing something creates a moment of focus and attention. Observing or remembering details allows me to be simply present. And even though this moment will pass and a memory may fade, the drawing stays as a simple present.
![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/e729a584096065.5d526e2b4b149.jpg)
![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/5ec3e984096065.5d526e2b4c6e2.jpg)
![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/b182f584096065.5d526e2b4c0d2.png)
![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/5d044884096065.5d526e2b4ac10.jpg)
![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/3e0b9684096065.5d526e2b4bb10.jpg)
![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/3f1a1a84096065.5d51b405f1cba.jpg)
![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/9a841184096065.5d526e2b49dc1.jpg)
![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/b6cb2c84096065.5d528eec1acaa.jpg)
![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/71511384096065.5d526e2b4a6c7.jpg)
![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/12493084096065.5d526e2b4a30f.jpg)
![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/1ac51284096065.5d526e2b497ec.jpg)
![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/1c737084096065.5d528f625cf31.jpg)
![pencil Procreate colored sketch sketchbook](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/f5e57e84096065.5d528eec1a6c3.jpg)
These images were drawn with pencil on paper. Then I photographed them and colored them in procreate on an iPad.