<Friday, June 6th, 2008> [Amy]
Starving artist
The prospect of taking Foundation Drawing this fall when I haven't drawn in years is intimidating. All those 18 year old art prodigies accustomed to juried shows. I need to get my drawing skills up to speed, but I lack motivation and discipline. A friend turned me on to fat cyclist, a blog by a guy who thought he'd humiliate himself into shape by posting his weight loss online. That gave me an idea. I'll do one drawing a day between now and the start of the fall semester, and I'll post the results here. If my math is right, that's 80 drawings. In honor of fat cyclist, I hereby dub my project "starving artist". I just finished and posted my first drawing, a still life of my beloved Sennheiser headphones, done in a small sketchbook with a standard #2 pencil. With a little planning and foresight, I might have gotten the big newsprint sketchpad out of the back of my car and used charcoal instead. And next time I'll certainly take the finished drawing outside to photograph it in sunlight. But the important thing is, I did it. I drew something. I kept the promise I made to myself. No excuses. I think it's a respectable first effort. And more importantly, I discovered that I still love to draw. Expect to see many more drawings, and hopefully some improvement. I've got a lot of catching up to do.
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I'm enjoying the daily art show!
--Marvin (2008.06.13) |
Thanks, Marvin!
--amy (2008.06.13) |
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