I’m continuing to trudge through Life Drawing I with little problem. The class is still enjoyable so far, even if I don’t like using the charcoal too much. To the left is my latest homework assignment where I had to draw 2 sets of eyes, 2 sets of eyes and noses, 6 different mouths, and 4 different views of an ear.
I guess if I had been smart enough, I would have done the work over the weekend versus staying up until midnight to finish it.
Last Tuesday I went to my first class at a school within the past seven years. I’m taking Life Drawing I at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.
Jessica works for the Maricopa Community Colleges and so because I’m her spouse I get the opportunity to take courses fairly inexpensively.
Due to my want to be able to draw the human figure, coupled with Jessica’s persistence in me taking the opportunity to do so, I just recently enrolled.
No real work to show for the class quite yet, as tonight is my second class. I do have the supplies though and hopefully it will be a good learning experience.
I’m kinda a sucker for new types of non-alcoholic beverages. Strange flavors, odd sodas, and other stuff high in caffeine.
Coca-cola has come out with a new flavor called Black Cherry Vanilla. I love Cherry Coke, and I don’t mind the occasional Vanilla Coke. Add them both together and you get a new favorite of mine.
If you get a chance, try some out. It comes in both regular and diet versions. It’s very close to the Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper that was released not too long ago. Although, I do prefer this newer Coke version.
Last Friday Jessica, her boss Rod, and myself went to the art walk held in downtown Phoenix for an event called First Friday. A bunch of small, oddly designed galleries located within once-vacated buildings were set up to display the work of the local artists. Sculpture, paintings, photography: you name it.
There wasn’t a lot of work present, or at least not as much as you would expect from a art festival. There were a few good pieces, but for the most part there was less stuff then what I had assumed. It still was an interesting night.
One of the more clever exhibits was being held in the back of a U-Haul trailer. An enterprising individual simply hung his digitally altered photographs from the rungs along the trailer’s walls. He installed a large flood light, extended the hidden walkway, and he had an instant portable gallery. Quite ingenious.
The other notable artist from the evening was a painter named Lisa Albinger. Her pieces are created using cotton swabs, paper towels, paint, and a lot of imagination. I heartily recommend checking out her work on her site. It is quite impressive.
Jessica and I went out for fondue tonight at a restuarant in Chandler called Shabu Fondue.
She had been there once before with my mom and sister (I was sick that day), and so it was my first time to try out this place. For what I would assume would be a reasonable price, we got our three courses over a period of ninety minutes.
We started with a cheddar cheese course that was served with cubes of bread, apple slices, and tortilla chips. The dip had a slight kick but was nice and smooth.
For the entree Jessica chose chicken, while I got half shrimp and half prime rib. You boil the meats in flavored broth to meet your tastes. Add some veggies, rice, and several flavorful sauces and it was a nice middle section.
We finished it all off with the chocolate course that comes with different fruit and snacks. It was definitely the course Jessica most looked forward to and it was a nice way to finish off the meal.
We left full but not stuffed. We would recommend it to those looking for something a little out of the ordinary. At the very least, one should stop by for the dessert course.
I’m often amazed at the sheer number of amazing artists out there on the world wide web. Seems that every other day I find the work of an artist whose work blows me away.
Today is no exception and I was linked to the deviantart site of Carlos Gomez. The pic above is just one of his many works.
Hopefully I’ll be able to improve my skills just a bit so I can attempt pieces like this. Hopefully my upcoming Life Drawing class will help to get me back into drawing and other physical artwork.
So I’ve been sitting on this here design for the past year and a half it seems. Regardless of whether the subsections are done, I’m gonna post it. Was really getting tired of the only flash home page.
So now I have a basic custom scripted blog, with updated sections coming soon (yeah right…). Only other part that is new content is an ‘updated’ About Me page. Buttons are forthcoming, but until then you can click on the link above.