Art:: IMC Continued!

[april_art]

Well, I'm back from the IMC (Illustration Master Class). I've been bad about posting the past few years, so I'll try and be better this time around. As usual, I have not broken out the paints to finish up my painting... but that doesn't mean I won't. I can definitely see where I'm going with it. I just need to set up a painting space--something

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[april_art]

I totally missed you being there... for one thing... nearly had to share a room with a stranger, but somehow got lucky and had one to myself. Missed having someone to go to meals with. Luckily, I was sitting with some of the girls who shared a shuttle with me, and they were cool. Particularly hung about with Nicole. She's still a student (they get younger all the time!), although a slightly older student, since she served in the Navy first.

Donato-- underpaintings are pretty individual... some people like to put in contrary colors that might show a bit and enrich the main colors. Others are going to establish some values. Mainly, it's to get rid of the white of the board so you've got a medium-value ground, and it can messy since you'll be painting tighter over it.

Drapery... book would be great. There's the Hogarth one, but it's been around a while. I trolled the internet and found some--but nothing that great! For convenience, I think a reference book would be great! (I'd buy your book!)

Greg--he's trying to get blotchier (looser). And he said it's paying off 'cause he got crazy-blotchy for a client that wanted it and he got Society of Illustrator awards for it and got on the cover of Communication Arts.

Hunger Games was a choice. Crazy, huh?

I stayed in the room one day... got tired of hunching over my laptop in the studio (no table to put it on--had to put it on one of those stupid wooden benches, which was a pain).

It's weird going for the 4th time... getting a bit jaded in a way. Not sure how much I'm learning... but it still does the job of getting me into an art-intensive atmosphere--and gets me to make art... so it's worth it.

Anyway--you missed it, but it was very much like past years, so you've also been there/done that... If you had to miss a year, this wasn't so bad, since it was good, but much the same.

Oh--they arranged the schedule of lectures so they were before lunch and dinner and it was GREAT. Seemed to be much more time for everything. I hope they do that again...!