I follow Danny Gregory's blog: Every Day Matters. Danny quit his day job several weeks ago and is now thinking out loud about the next step. His blog followers have had quite a few comments on what Danny has had to say. Today's comment suggested he take a look at the TED talk by Amanda Palmer.
Such an interesting conversation.
Just makes me think of my friends out there who take the time to read this when it is so sporadically issued. Every Day Matters.
Day 49: 2013 Danny Gregory gives a drawing lesson
It has been so, so long since I've posted anything but I haven't forgotten about this blog or what my goal was when I started it. In an email today from Danny Gregory of "Every Day Matters", he gave a mini-drawing lesson. It got me started thinking about all those sketch books upstairs, with 6 or 7 or 10 days of sketches in them....and how little time he says it actually takes to do some sketching. He just had a sketching workshop in the Berkshires, in upstate Massachusetts, and it was totally filled with fabulous "sketchers".
Here's today's lesson. http://dannygregory.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/an-experiment-in-teaching/
Here's his invitation to his workshop.
And here's his blog entry talking about the workshop.
Danny has a wonderful blog, wonderful newsy email if you subscribe.
Here's today's lesson. http://dannygregory.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/an-experiment-in-teaching/
Here's his invitation to his workshop.
And here's his blog entry talking about the workshop.
Danny has a wonderful blog, wonderful newsy email if you subscribe.
Day 48: 2013 Correcting lettering in a journal
When I asked Cathy Johnson for permission to quote the blog.....
There's a correction: this wonderful suggestion is from Pam Johnson Brickell and her wonderful work. Sorry Pam that you didn't get the initial credit but I'm hoping this will make up for it?
I follow this wonderful blog on keeping a watercolor journal - "Artist's Journal Workshop". I can always dream of being able to keep a beautiful journal like Cathy Johnson or maybe Brenda Swenson can't I? Cathy is a generous teacher of journaling and workshops and how to's.
In today's blog, which I've copied whole - I did ask permission because I think this is a wonderful lesson for all of us - she talks about making a typo on a "precious" journal page (Those Are My Words) - I would have committed hara kiri if I'd drawn that wonderful page and then made a huge typo.
I thought this was a useful lesson for all of us.
A lot of times I'll wait until I get home before adding lettering to a journal page. Mainly because of time and comfort. But on this particular day, I felt quite comfy perched on my camp stool and the 8.5 x 11 journal page in my Stillman and Birn Alpha hardbound journal was such a dream to work on.
However, on the way home, I began to wonder if this really was Harbour Town's Liberty Oak. There were two very large oaks in the heart of Harbour Town. The magnificence of this tree, with it's sprawling low lying branches surely struck me as the one to bear this name...... Not!
Long ago, a skilled calligrapher taught me how to correct mistakes... Tip: correct your mistake before you lift any unwanted lettering. Huh? Yes, write over the lettering on the page, then white out or lift off what you don't want.
That way the stroke of the corrected lettering will be smooth and you won't have to contend with the often bumpy texture left by white out or white ink. I used a Signo Uniball broad tip white pen, available from JetPens.com.
I decided to turn Liberty Oak into Live Oak. The RTY of Liberty would be taken out. A good size space would be left between the two words. I decided to put the tree's Latin name between Live and Oak.... a quirky fix, but it worked for me :)
Since this is a journal page and not a piece of calligraphic art, I was willing to live with a bumpy surface to write the smaller replacement text on.
There's a correction: this wonderful suggestion is from Pam Johnson Brickell and her wonderful work. Sorry Pam that you didn't get the initial credit but I'm hoping this will make up for it?
I follow this wonderful blog on keeping a watercolor journal - "Artist's Journal Workshop". I can always dream of being able to keep a beautiful journal like Cathy Johnson or maybe Brenda Swenson can't I? Cathy is a generous teacher of journaling and workshops and how to's.
In today's blog, which I've copied whole - I did ask permission because I think this is a wonderful lesson for all of us - she talks about making a typo on a "precious" journal page (Those Are My Words) - I would have committed hara kiri if I'd drawn that wonderful page and then made a huge typo.
I thought this was a useful lesson for all of us.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013
Correcting Lettering Mistakes
However, on the way home, I began to wonder if this really was Harbour Town's Liberty Oak. There were two very large oaks in the heart of Harbour Town. The magnificence of this tree, with it's sprawling low lying branches surely struck me as the one to bear this name...... Not!
Long ago, a skilled calligrapher taught me how to correct mistakes... Tip: correct your mistake before you lift any unwanted lettering. Huh? Yes, write over the lettering on the page, then white out or lift off what you don't want.
I decided to turn Liberty Oak into Live Oak. The RTY of Liberty would be taken out. A good size space would be left between the two words. I decided to put the tree's Latin name between Live and Oak.... a quirky fix, but it worked for me :)
Since this is a journal page and not a piece of calligraphic art, I was willing to live with a bumpy surface to write the smaller replacement text on.
Day 46: 2013 Portrait Drawing Session Six
Barbara, Terry Kelly's wife had to step in
and play the part of the model when the model failed to show up.
One of the hazards of trying to hire live models.
They're a flaky bunch.
Jill's initial blocking in
Terry said to get the darkest of the darks into the drawing
Final drawing. I was pleased.
I thought I'd remember each person
who did these drawings but it's been
several weeks and the memory has gone.
Another person's drawing
And a final drawing.
Day 45: Portrait Drawing Session Five
Photo - these are " professional" models. They charge $10 per person attending the class to take photos. I can understand the adversity to photography in a life modeling class, but a portrait class! This guy is fully clothed down to the black hoodie!
Day 43: 2012 Portrait Drawing Fourth Session
Sebastian, the model
My attempt to draw Sebastian.
Terry Kelly's hands explaining blocking in the shapes
Terry Kelly, the teacher, blocking in an eye
Terry Kelly's drawing
Barbara, Terry's wife's drawing - wonderful work!!
Another student's work
Sebastian was a wonderful model, easy to draw, well lit, good planes to his face.
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