Wednesday, April 21st

I'm just chipping away at both of my drawing projects. This is the street view from the window I picked in the studio. The perspective isn't perfect, but that's not what I'm really going for in this assignment.

Monday, April 12th

Here's an updated photo of my large figure drawing. I'm not sure yet if I'm done with it or not. I think I'm going to ponder the photo tonight and make a decision from there.

I was actually on my way to buy some charcoal fixative that I could use when I am done, but my car died on the way there. That plan went out the window, and this has pretty much stranded me at home for now.

Sunday, April 11th

This is a peek at my large figure drawing. Today I worked on the blanket. I didn't want to do much on the figure since the model was not there. After drawing in the pattern of the blanket for some time, I decided I didn't like it at all. So I erased it and colored in with charcoal and conte crayon. I'm still not happy with it, but didn't know how to tweek it. When I'm undecided about something (and this can be anything at all), I step away and give myself time to mull it over. I usually like to sleep on it, as they say, to see if my brain can come up with a solution when I'm not pressing it to.

Tomorrow is the last day to work in class. This is due Wednesday.

Friday, April 9th

I had a Sketching for Creativity seminar to attend tonight. I had mixed feelings over it, mostly due to the amount of other homework I have due in the next week. The first meeting involved learning techniques for drawing and putting them to practice in a sketchbook. Here's a shot of some of the sketching I did.

Monday, March 29th

We are continuing working on figure drawing in my drawing class. Today my instructor hypnotized us so we could overcome our inhabitions and fears with putting lines on the paper.

I can't say for sure that I actually was hypnotized, but I did feel more relaxed. Here is the result: