Look Comment Best Not to Touch Thank You.

Artists go to great lengths to protect the drawing paper caution is maintaining throughout the whole drawing process. I don't mind people watching me draw, but this I just have to speak out about, because it matters. Let me set this up for you.

Yesterday I'm drawing in the lobby (while waiting on my mother to finish eating dinner) under both of my hands are pieces of scrape paper. Never should human skin nor anything touch the paper. A woman stop by and gave me complements on the drawing I was doing, which I thank her. I was finish and gathering my things when she ask me if she could touch it, but before I could respond she was just about to touch my drawing and I shouted out, "NO! (as I pull her hands away from my drawing: she was about to ruin an art piece that cost to make, was labor intense and I was really happy with how it turn out; Like this could be the one) You have oils on your hands". She replied, "I don't have any oils on my hands". I tried to explain, but she didn't get it.

Others came up to complement on my drawing some walk around to view, because I had drawing upside down and few ask me if I would mind to remove the scraps papers so can see it more clearly, (caution) not once did any of these people reach out to touch it. But did ask me a lot of questions (I don't mind answering) about how I made the dress on the girl so real looking that's what that woman wanted to touch.

She ask, but didn't wait. Didn't she see the scraps of paper. Isn't common sense not to touch a piece of artwork. For all you non artists please don't ever touch someone art (when you visit a museum signs are all around no touching art in museum and sections are rope off security guards are there to see no one is breaking this golden rule keep hands off) great care is maintain in showing the artwork to the publc at a museum. Oils will get on the paper and during the printing process these fingers marks will be in the print that you trying to sale and the original art piece would also be ruin.

Artists are trying to produce a high quality product. Please do not touch someone artwork. Unless it's an interactive art which is a whole different genera.

I aim to inspire and educate about all things related to art.