Module 3 homework

Here's my entry for the detail shot for my photography class. She's a little garden fairy from in front of the house.

Then we have a still life that I'm really not that thrilled with. It seems I keep making the same mistakes. I need more practice, but the class is moving pretty fast and I draw so slow I'm barely getting these done in time. I do think my sphere is better in this, but my ellipses continue to suck ass.

This week we start a 2 week asignment on drapery that I'm really looking forward to digging into.

Module 2 homework

This is my first multi-object full value drawing. Around 6 hours worth, did I mention that I draw sloooooow?


Module 3 is all about composition. After reading this weeks goals and assignments I realize I made at least one major boo boo here. It seems the sphere and cube shouldn't line-up like I made them, even though I did it on purpose, it flattens the picture space. OK, guess that's why I'm in school.

I also added a pic of yours truly working on this masterpiece of compositional blunders.

Back to the drawing board!

Two more shapes in full value

Damn! These are taking me way too long. I still have to do one more drawing with all four shapes in it, with shading and shadow. I've got just over 48 hours and I STILL have photography homework.

I must say though, I'm learning alot in a short time, both from the class and my class-mates, some of which are waaaay better than me.

Grades and Stuff

Well, I got my grades for module 1 in my two classes. Lets just say I'm happy and I think they're fair. Oh, what the hell, I got a B+ on my "Front Door Photo"!!!! And High C's in Analysis of Form (drawing).

So for module 2 my exercises are to draw a value scale and draw all four forms in full value. Here's what I got so far.

Value Scale

Cube in full value

Cone in full value

Now all I need to do is the cylinder and sphere in full value then all four in one pic in full value. Due Monday night, Cake!

Oh, there's some photography classwork in there too.

Outsmarting Ike

Ike tried to stop me, but I was too smart for him. True, I've been without power now for over 48 hours, but Ike forgot about the job. I may be back in the stone-ages at home, but work is up and running!

So Sunday I loaded up my car with art supplies, camera, tripod and every rechargeable piece of electronic gear and went to work. I was alone, it was quiet and I churned out 4 of these little masterpieces.

And here's a look at where this was made. Look at that nice easel disguised as a file drawer. Is that too cool for school or what?

Cubes!!!!!

Here's a sample of my cubes. I think I'm having some perspective issues. I only got this one sheet done before hurricane Ike took my electricity away. But that will be the subject of my next post. Stay tuned!

Vine charcoal = Hell

For those of you who don't know, vine charcoal is just what it sounds like, a burnt stick. Actually, it's pieces of willow stem, around 6" long, that have had their bark pealed and burned in the absence of air. It's soft and crumbly and smeary and just plain hard to deal with. It's also one of the first things that humans ever put their mark on a cave wall with. And now I have to draw with it, for a grade, many grades. I've used charcoal to draw with before, nice clean ground up and formed into a pencil with wood around it and everything. What can I say, I'm evolved, I like my art supplies to be also.

Maybe this wouldn't be such a big deal if I'd ever used this stick of Satan before, but I haven't. I've used graphite, pastel, conte', but no burnt stick. Did I mention it damn well might fall of the paper if you breath on it too hard? That at least makes it easier to erase all the mistakes I'm making since I've never drawn at an easel before now. But that's another whiny rant.

So I offer up this page of ellipses, one of 2 that I did last night, but only 2/3 of what I wanted to get done. And for a really good laugh, it only took me 3 hours to do 2 pages.

Tonight, it's 1 more page of these, then dun dun dun, CUBES!

My first class photo

The mandate was simple,"take a picture of the front door to your home" easy peasy, right? Well, yes and no. Anybody can snap a shot of their door, but how to make it look different, to show a little about you. So this is the shot I decided to go with, I had another that I preferred the quality of light in, but the composition of this one won out in the end. I hope anybody that sees it will understand why.

School's going great, 2 quizzes, 2 perfect scores. Still have some drawings to do, but I've got almost a week to get them done.

First day of school

Just wanted to let everyone know you may not be seeing me til late December. I've logged on to my classes today and have no idea how I'm going to get all this work done! If you see me out in public with a glassy stare and drool coming from my mouth don't be offended if I don't speak, the part of me that knows you may have to be overwritten with all this new stuff I have to learn.

Pray for me.

P.S.
It's going to be great!