Project 365 / 05

Made with Paper

On the coffee table.

Project 365 / 04 with color

Made with Paper

Project 365 / 04

Made with Paper

Dust collectors. Will post color one later.

Project 365 / 03

Made with Paper

Possibly my least favorite drawing of a tape dispenser ever. Also only.

EDIT: Changed the number, as this is number 03 and not 04.

Project 365 / 02

An Italian mask that I bought in Venice in 2002.

Sent from my iPad

Day 01 - Project 365

Made with Paper

Hand Sketch

Made with Paper

Sent from my iPad

NaNoWriMo

I'll be participating in this year's National Novel Writing Month. I don't know if I'll finish, but it's my fourth year to participate, and if I do finish it will be my second marathon of 50,000 words.

Good luck to all the other WriMo's!

Comfy Shoe

One of my favorite shoes, Privos.

Gourd Video

My first video, drawing a gourd in Painter.

Gourd

Small yellow gourd, Painter 2b pencil, about 20 minutes.  Still not doing well with the time limit.  I am enjoying the process.  I also recorded the drawing process, and I'm going to see about converting/ processing and posting that file tomorrow.

Tape Measure

Stanley tape measure, also Painter 2b pencil with maroon color.  This one took a little less time, about 15 minutes instead of 20.  The shading and proportions could be better.    Maybe tomorrow.

Lego Tree

Lego tree on the top of my desk, my latest experiment with Painter and my new Bamboo tablet.

About 20 minutes, Painter 2b pencil colored green.  I'll be trying some shorter drawings this week, trying to get the hang of digital burns.

News Flash to Me - It's 2009!

Of my blogs, this one probably has the most posts.  I posted 46 drawings between August and October of 2006, and the last post in 2007. 

I'm about to start my twelfth year teaching and my fourth year teaching high school art in Texas.  I don't teach classes at Michael's any more, unfortunately.  I will be updating this blog as frequently as I am able over the next few weeks.  That may be once a day and it may be once a month, depending on my other projects.

I'll be practicing using my Bamboo tablet and Painter on my computer to get better at digital media.  I have to say the one thing that gets me most is that I can't turn the tablet to make line direction easier like I can with paper, and that's fairly frustrating.  Otherwise, I liked my old tablet so much that when I decided to take it to school to use, I had to buy this new one.  I do wish the new one had a slot on the tablet itself to store the pen, instead of the separate pen stand.

New Drawings Soon

I no longer have a scanner at my house, so it might be a while before I get some more drawings posted. I'll try to make some digital drawings and bypass the scanner altogether, but I just might have to break down and purchase one of my own.

ETA 7.14.2009
I guess "a while" equals more than two years.

No Drawing Today

No drawing today, I start a new job tomorrow and I'm getting ready.

I'll try to post two tomorrow.

Burn 46

These are my current favorite shoes. No one that I know likes them even a little, but I still wear them all the time. I wish that I had more like them in different colors.


Spectracolor dark green colored pencil. These are taking me a lot more than four minutes. I'm going to have to get myself a timer and stick to it.

Burn 45

The zipper pull on my favorite hoodie sweater. I should have put some texture in the background. Spectracolor crimson red. Kept breaking like my Prismacolors. Annoying, that.

Burn 44

Oops. Forgot to post these yesterday. My phone, that I almost never use and can't check the voice mail on it. Purple Spectracolor.

Burn 43

My watch, Spectracolor burnt umber. I wear this on a chain around my neck. I've had it a long time, but people that I know still act surprised when they see me check the time on it.



Some people don't notice things. In my life, mostly boy people.