Monday, March 28, 2011

A little more to the right

I'm so happy!

A woman down the street appeared to be having a garage sale on Saturday, and as we drove by we noticed that she had an assortment of gardening supplies laid out in her driveway. We pulled over to check it out. Turns out, she was just giving the stuff away. She gave us all kinds of pots, and those dish thingies that go underneath, a plant box for herbs, and a bench! Amazing. This was most fortuitous, as we'd like to grow our own vegetables and weren't sure how much everything would cost. Yay!

There's a Michaels in Beaverton, which isn't all that far from where I am, so after we brought our garden swag home and parted ways, I drove over to check it out. And... it's TWICE the size of the one in Brandon, FL!!!! :D I was in heaven. Heh-ven! Then I went to Freddy's and bought seed packets and ice cream. There was a coupon for the seeds, and Purely Decadent was on sale, so how could I resist? There, you see, I couldn't.

I hadn't been home long when the mail came. My drawing supplies arrived! I jumped right into Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain that afternoon. I did a self-portrait, a picture of a person from memory, and a drawing of my own hand. The s-p turned out pretty well, as did the hand, but the other one... hmm. I drew a picture of an ex-boyfriend, but I haven't seen him in a couple of years and I don't have any pictures of him, and what I'm trying to say is, er, the drawing looked nothing like him. I don't dare post it for fear that he might see it and be deeply offended. Sorry!

That night I started on the upside down drawing exercises. When you draw something that way you're forced to draw exactly what you see, not what your mind thinks should be there, and you produce a better drawing. That's the idea, anyway. I had to copy a line drawing of Igor Stravinsky done by Picasso. That poor man, I crushed his skull and collapsed one of his shoulders. :( My mom raved about it, but this is the woman who is painting wonderful watercolor pictures almost daily and thinks they're horrible, so she obviously doesn't know what she's talking about. The next picture was a knight on a horse. This author is crazy, I thought. Called it a night right then and there.

Today, after some toast and coffee, I figured what the hell and tried the picture. Drew it upside down. Turned it right side up. And...



I like it! Sure, I robbed that horse of its backside, but other than that I'm pretty pleased. :)

I also did two loads of laundry. While I certainly didn't enjoy doing them, I'm glad they're done. And my ruler came today! This one!

Changed the Twitter name to match the blog now. "DnSsnvr" was lame anyway.

So, yeah. No complaints today.

3 comments:

  1. Is this the "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" workbook? Or something else? I need to work on drawing--I suck! BTW, your drawings are great!!

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  2. I'm sorry, I didn't see your comment until just now. Actually... this is my first blog comment! Yay!

    It's not the spiral-bound workbook, it's the "new" edition of the book that came out in 1999. I'm looking at the workbook on Amazon, though, and it seems to be the same material. Same exercises and whatnot. I'm finding it extremely helpful.

    Thank you. :) I'm more pleased with some drawings than others. I want a solid foundation before I move on to color. :)

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  3. I got that book on your mom's recommendation, but it's yet another book that intimidates me! LOL! The only thing I feel confident about is my singing. Art = scary! I love the work you've been doing, though!

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