Fantasy vs. Reality

Drawing from observation felt much safer then drawing from the imagination. When drawing purely based on what you can directly see the challenge is to recreate a realistic 2 dimensional replica, while drawing from imagination demands less 'physical' accuracy and more 'emotional' accuracy. Though both individually and equally challenging 'physical' accuracy requires you to replicate each and every little line, shadow, and contour of your subject while 'emotional' accuracy is a visual mechanism used to recreat the feeling or thought an object or image may have and manipulating it to transform your work into a more communicative piece. At my stage now, I personally enjoy the challenge of recreating objects I have right in front of me. I feel as though I can conquer the subject and I am satisfied and sometimes amazed at the fluency in translation between 3 dimensional and 2. Drawing from imagination and memory usually proves itself frustrating and unsatisfying.