The cafe was PACKED this morning. When we first got there, we couldn’t even comfortably stand inside to wait for a seat. So we walked over to the studio and goofed off for a while. When we got back, they were still very busy, but we got our favorite seats at the counter. We ordered a piece of coconut cream pie first thing so I could draw it while waiting for our food. Isn’t that THE perfect excuse for coconut cream pie?
This week I let the day job and just about anything else work to prevent me conducting Painting Class. I have a philosophy that if you want to do something you will find a way to do it. If you don’t, you will find an excuse not to. Right now, I find myself making excuses for not doing the Painting Class. I don’t feel like I have refined the direction that I want it to go. I’m getting there. The wife and I had a long talk about it tonight, and I think we have a plan going forward. Unfortunately, it will take me a couple weeks to work it out.
In the meantime, local membership has been building and it is very exciting to me to have people just show up and begin arting along side me. THAT is EXTREMELY encouraging.
Bear with me while we work out the details of Painting class and it should be back in full force by February.
Tonight in Drawing Class I laid down the basics on how to draw an eye. I demonstrate how the human anatomy and life drawing can be broken down into basic shapes so that you can get a better understanding of the shading. I also talk about how using the AOH method as a tool, while helpful in understanding, can be a bit cumbersome because of the way it inhibits the fluid motion of a life drawing.
I drew three quick eyes to demonstrate differing styles such as the quick sketch, a basic drawing, or a fully realized rendering.
Wringing out the old and Ringing in the New Year! This week’s art journal entry is done with acrylic paint and cut out collage. Remnants of the year gone include the bottle of rum, the tiger striped bra, “draw a cat” and “put a bird on it!” I was an AWESOME year. 2012 is already shaping up for awesomeness too. Look forward to seeing you in it.
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It’s the last Saturday of the year and the last Daddy/Daughter breakfast of the year. That doesn’t really mean anything other than another year is gone and a new one is starting. Just a blunt reminder of how little time we actually get to spend together.
As you can see, there are a LOT of coffee cups sketched during Daddy/Daughter breakfast. I’m proud of the influence it is having one Girl2. She took a break from drawing hearts, fairies, and rainbow butterflies to try her hand at a coffee mug and the juice glasses… with fairies and rainbow butterflies.
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