Thursday, July 24, 2008

Day 3

I had lots to do today so didn't get around to sketching until just now.  You know the old "if life hands you lemons, make lemonade" saying?  If someone handed me these lemons, they'd go in the trash.  If I'm to be positive about the drawing (as instructed by Danny Gregory) then I guess I can say that I did the assignment.  I have no firm grasp on it right now, but practice will make it better.  I think I'll get another moleskine and use pencil instead of pen with it.  I learned to draw using pencil where shading is much easier and more realistic. And then, of course, there's that incredible little item called an eraser.   I also wonder about color.  Black ink on this cream colored paper doesn't inspire.  I'm going to trudge forward using the black pen because I get distracted way too easily and end up getting nothing done at all.  Anyway, here it is:

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