It's not like its full time or anything, but it kind of feels like it. I'm taking two whole classes this semester- Figure Drawing, and Intermediate Painting.
Figure Drawing is the class that made me go back to school. I've always, always wanted to take it. I love drawing people and I'm very drawn to figurative paintings. I knew the course had pre-requisites, so, I started from the beginning as I've probably mentioned before.
And here I am, taking it!! I have only been to two classes so far, so, we haven't really bitten into the subject yet. We have our first model on monday!! I can't wait!! I'm not sure about the ethics of posting my work on here...I'd be ok with it, and I'm guessing the model wouldn't model if they cared about their likenesses being shared? Hmmm...
The other class is Painting, or as I'm calling it- Intermediate painting. It's not beginning painting- it advanced. I don't have the pre-req. for it, but I'm challenging it. I really feel like it'll be a great class for me, especially after reading today's syllabus. It looks like we'll be doing a lot of abstract work, which is something I really want to challenge myself in.
I need a voice!! You have no idea how many way this can be translated in my life. Of course right now I'm referring to artistic expression. I can paint you. I can paint a tree. Apparently I can paint dogs. But in an empty room, with a head full of ideas? Nothing materializes in front of me. I haven't a clue what to paint.
I know there are ideas I'd love to express, themes and images that inspire me- but, I don't feel I have what it takes to get it on the canvas yet. This is the direction I'm hoping to go.
I need to draw more- LOTS more. I need to make it a daily discipline. I think I will start posting my daily stuff- perhaps not a daily post, but photos of the daily drawing I do. This will be tough for me, but I see the value in it.
I've been doing a lot of research for my novel, again. (I can hear the groans of the audience). I know, I know...the never ending novel I think I'm writing...
National Novel Writing Month will be here before we know it and guess what? I'm NOT going to write the same book for the 4th time. I'm going to start from scratch. No ideas...just crazy typing and complete raw ideas.
In the mean time, I'm in love with research. Its giving solid legs to some of the themes of my novel, and its fleshing out the characters. I thought I had all this stuff, and now I realize I only had a rough sketch- a gesture drawing of these people and this story.
What else...
I've been doing a lot of singing with Hickory Wind this summer. I am really enjoying the music! And singing seems to be part of me I can't ignore. I'm constantly surprised when people say I sound good. Do you hear that, family and friends? SOME people don't consider it torture when I sing!! (of course, they don't have to hear it on the phone, in the car or randomly at the mall or something...) I love that microphone.
I bought Converse sneakers- a strange thing for me to do because I tend to turn my nose up at sneaker-wearers. I'm kind of digging them- I really just broke one of my sandals and I can't really wear heels to school and it's not boot-time yet
Back to class, back to blogging---out of the lazy fog of summer. Fall is much, much more exciting!!
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