Just before the end of our 3rd art class, the teacher had us sit in a circle and draw each other. I’m surprised with how well it turned out with as long as it’s been since I last did this!

I sat with my legs crossed for a long time while I drew this. I sat so long in fact that I couldn’t feel my right leg AT ALL when I stood up. I almost twisted my ankle and fell on the spot. OOPS.

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This is the first still life I’ve done in 13 years. It is about 90% done, a picture of the setup is in the photo gallery.

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The was the still life I worked on in the fourth and fifth art classes at Callanwolde. This time, I had a more difficult perspective to work with as well as different colors and textures on the objects. It was more challenging than the last, but worth the effort. I’ll post the illustration later after it’s scanned.

There was some bad stuff that happened years ago that stopped me from doing art. What kept me from doing it for so long though, was the habit of not doing art. I’m being reminded by this class that art can be a gradual process. First to do it on a regular basis, then to do better each time.

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I thought it would be interesting to upload some of the work that goes into making the strip. Here are some thumbnails of ideas I was playing with.

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