Staring the year off creatively
Monday, jakethrash, skkyechan, and I will be taking a portraits in charcoal class. I'm a little intimidated by it because (a) I really never got good at drawing people, especially their faces, and (b) we had to buy these huge pieces of paper (like 19X24), and having such a large drawing space boggles me. I had difficulty watercoloring on 9x12/8x10. However, I refuse to be intimidated by charcoal and big pieces of paper! I plan on being messy every Monday night.
In March, we three plus catpawn will be taking a figure drawing class. Really looking forward to that one too so I can get over my lack of confidence about drawing people.
I'm really looking forward to how we all go about drawing our pictures. I talked to syntart about this and she informed me that I have a "sure hand." I don't think that means I draw with confidence or anything, just that I don't like to draw circles or shapes then fill them in; I just pretty much start drawing exactly what I see/visualize (whether it ends up looking like exactly what I see is debatable).
Then in the summer, I plan to drag minxish1 and whomever else to some sort of painterly class, like watercolor, ink and watercolor, Chinese brush painting, or my favorite: calligraphy. I'd really like to formalize my writing skill. I mostly do my own style and the italic style I learned when I was 11. I have many pretty pens, inks, and paper to practice with.
In between all of this I have a goal to write more, including starting a webcomics column and writing more reviews. Add on to all of this is a stab at learning public relations for Tart so we can build more readership and contributors.
In March, we three plus catpawn will be taking a figure drawing class. Really looking forward to that one too so I can get over my lack of confidence about drawing people.
I'm really looking forward to how we all go about drawing our pictures. I talked to syntart about this and she informed me that I have a "sure hand." I don't think that means I draw with confidence or anything, just that I don't like to draw circles or shapes then fill them in; I just pretty much start drawing exactly what I see/visualize (whether it ends up looking like exactly what I see is debatable).
Then in the summer, I plan to drag minxish1 and whomever else to some sort of painterly class, like watercolor, ink and watercolor, Chinese brush painting, or my favorite: calligraphy. I'd really like to formalize my writing skill. I mostly do my own style and the italic style I learned when I was 11. I have many pretty pens, inks, and paper to practice with.
In between all of this I have a goal to write more, including starting a webcomics column and writing more reviews. Add on to all of this is a stab at learning public relations for Tart so we can build more readership and contributors.