Archive for January, 2009
Just before the break, I gave the students an assignment in which they had a choice about what they had to do. One of the options was to create a drawing based on something from the book Beowulf (e.g., a specific character, scene, etc.). The drawing had to be historically accurate and supported by the [...]
Since my laptop died on Wednesday of last week, I ordered an external enclosure for the laptop hard drive. I believe I have all the files I need from it, but the enclosure was only $8, shipped, so why not? The package is taking an interesting path to get here.
I drew this portrait of a friend of mine on January 7th. She didn’t know I was going to draw it (I based it on a photo of her), but she’s the kind of person I knew would enjoy it (and have a good time teasing me if it came out poorly). I jokingly call [...]
This is the first bit of art that counts toward my goal of 40 pieces of art. It turned out far different from what was in my head because I didn’t want to take the time to plan it out. Instead, I essentially scribbled as quickly as I could. It was a wonderful break from [...]
This one isn’t anything special, just my playing around with the charcoal sticks that I bought a couple of weeks ago. I actually created this one on Christmas Eve (so it doesn’t count toward my New Year’s Resolution), and I discovered the need for charcoal paper. The sketchbook doesn’t have enough tooth for charcoal, so [...]
