We've had a few days in a row of chilly, frosty weather -
-the chickens do not seem the least bit daunted - neither the funky ones at Country Village (this is a Crested Polish) nor mine in the backyard.Inside, we had a full house of folks drawings today! (yay!)
This past weekend, I participated in a streaming live-course from ConceptArt.org called "Sketchbooks and Observational Drawing". One of the things that were discussed were timed gesture drawings. George Pratt, who was one of the instructors, showed a number of examples of amazing 5-second gesture drawings. That is definitely faster than I've ever done before - so we tried that today. Wow. I didn't get much done in 5 seconds - but after a page of those, 60 seconds felt like forever!
And then 20 minutes seemed incredibly long - for poses at least. I'm still not happy with my ability to manipulate charcoal in an accurate or pleasing way...
...yet another thing I'd like to work on when I finish up these books...
Speaking of which, I must back at it...
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