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Video Game Sketching

Friday, November 6, 2009

It has been ages since I have tried sketching a portrait from life, so I took the opportunity to draw my boyfriend (twice) while he was playing video games last weekend. He was staying pretty still which was an advantage, and I was behind him so he didn’t even notice me drawing him for quite […]

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Man #10, Chris

Sunday, August 23, 2009

A person I’m lucky to have met. Enough said 😉

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Personality

Saturday, July 18, 2009

This past week I made no art. Instead, I talked to new people, went out places, and was instructed in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I have decided that I have been a hermit far too long. I will soon be back to business though, but with some extra fun things thrown in, to make my life […]

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Various

Sunday, June 21, 2009

I’ve had a lot on my mind lately and haven’t felt very coherent. I made this sketch of an old woman deep in thought while deep in thought myself. Here are some odd tidbits that I’ve been thinking about: My friend Kimberly Shaw of Kimberly Shaw Graphics had her lovely teacup designs ripped off by […]

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The Power of Less

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Blind Contour David. Ballpoint. 2005. It’s not normal that I post a book review here, especially a non art related book. I recently finished reading The Power of Less by Leo Babauta (author of the famous Zen Habits blog) and I found it so helpful that I thought someone else out there might appreciate it […]

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Early Drawings

Monday, June 15, 2009

Recently, I’ve been sorting through some possessions that I’ve had stored at my parent’s house. I found a treasure trove of finished sketchbooks and also many loose drawings that I did years ago. I found this drawing that I drew from a photo in a magazine in 1999 when I was sixteen years old. I […]

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A Real Indian Woman

Friday, June 12, 2009

She is Real, as in not some Bollywood actress. I was unhappy with my first attempt and I tried it again here. I’m still unhappy, but am sick of it and will now move onto something else. My drawings are feeling too fussy to me. Recently I found myself looking through some very old work […]

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Nose Jobs

Friday, June 5, 2009

Confound the nose, there’s no end to it! (Thomas Gainsborough) -aged 13, at the Vatican Museum… There must be a cave somewhere with all of the noses. (Nicholas Brown) You can find a massive collection of art quotes on Robert Genn’s Resource of Art Quotations. I’ve been thinking of starting to make some portraits again, […]

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Memorial Day Weekend Sketching

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Northampton Garden, ink and wash in 10 x 7 watercolor sketchbook, 5/24/09 Mall Starbucks, ballpoint and marker in moleskine, 5/25/09 I went to Northampton on Sunday and made the top drawing of the garden while sitting outside the back entrance to Thorne’s Market. I wish I had done more actual sketching but I got really […]

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An Account of My First Experience Drawing the Nude From Life

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Norman, Charcoal on newsprint, April 2009 This is Norman, our male model at Snow Farm. I’ve heard before that one’s first time drawing nudes from life is the most difficult, as there is an awkwardness that must be gotten used to. Well, I was very awkward, and never quite got used to it. Sorry, but […]

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