I’ve consistently loved drawing with a ballpoint pen. It’s not only the feel of the pen against paper, it’s also the fact you can’t really make a mistake with it. There’s no way to cover it up smoothly.

In that sense the drawing is almost equivalent of what live performance is to music. The sound isn’t as perfect as the studio recording but as a viewer you are even more suspended when you’re aware it could completely collapse at any moment.

The contoured line is also has a time aspect. It has a distinct start and end. It also has to move at a controlled speed around an object. If you stop or slow down too much, the line gets heavy, if you move too fast, you lose proportion and detail.