For about two work weeks, for about one hour each morning, I’ve been overthinking and overworking a figure for my first homework assignment to post for group and class critique. Soon good enough will have to be good enough. I did join Urban Sketchers yesterday to catch up with some familiar folks and meet a […]
January
09
Penises, penises, penises!
posted by moonminded
I hesitated to add that title – some may wonder exactly which Internet site is hosting my tutorials, but I have to say that my 5:30 AM form practice of “the peanut” or “the bean” to use as the basis of a torso really turned into little circumcised phalli (?) – is that a word? […]
January
05
Urban Sketchers, Lan Su Garden
posted by moonminded
A very cold 10:30 am trip the the Chinese Gardens to take advantage of the food drive / free admission. Sunny, but high 30’s low 40’s! Everyone was bundled up and we got cozy at Floyd’s to share work or keep working by around noon – I couldn’t feel my toes. I like my tree. […]
January
04
Drink & Draw, OMSI
posted by moonminded
OMSI on the last Saturday before school restarts and before the Sherlock Holmes special exhibit closes? Madhouse. The Drink and Draw group met, but tickets were no longer available for Sherlock so we went our different ways in the free areas and outside, and later regrouped at Hair of the Dog Brewery to review sketches […]
January
03
Farewell Parisian Beauty
posted by moonminded
How perfect is it to be in Paris for the first time blowing your low exchange rate cash on paper products? Like, très perfect. I strove to buy something at the original Sennelier, but had already plundered my pocketbook on a fountain pen, fabric, three French graphic novels (Le bleu est une couleur chaude – ooh […]
January
02
Make Your Mark
posted by moonminded
Right, then. I was not looking forward to harshly lit cones and spheres, but was also not anticipating nude figure drawing incorporated into lesson two. Daunting, but refreshing. The next lesson works from the same drawing so I’m not sure how long to spend on these exercises: overworking vs. having to keep going on a […]
January
01
Mark Making
posted by moonminded
A quiet beginning. The focus was something I know I struggle with: value. Everything drifts into mid-tones. So undoubtably I’m looking forward to guidance on value control in line pressure and shading (the former I’d never even considered) … I just hate the harshly lit cones and spheres that I fear await me. The surprise was […]
Effort vs. Success
posted by moonminded
Effort is more important than so-called success because effort is a real thing. What we call success is just the manifestation of our mind’s ability to categorize things. This is success. That is failure. Who says? You says. That’s all. Reality is what it is, beyond all concepts of success and failure. ~Brad Warner, Think […]
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