Things to do

[ksmith]

Sometime soon, when I have Time again, I'm going to take a drawing class. I used to draw in school, and even majored in Art for a year. But I was far from the best, and I wondered what sort of job I would get when I graduated, and for whatever reason, I came to dislike drawing classes, which tends to hamper one's ability to improve.

I drew these monks 27, 28 years ago. It was the start of a quarter--I remember sitting in my dorm room while my roomie unpacked, and working the thing out. I don't even recall whether I used a brush or a type of pen. I always liked the result, though, so I saved it.

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[juliabk.livejournal.com]

That is nice. I was a fine arts major for a while. I'll never forget what my first drawing teacher told us. He said, "I'm not going to teach you to draw. No one can do that. What I'm going to do is teach you how to see." It was a useful lesson.

I never did learn how to draw as well as I'd've liked, but I did do a self-portrait I was very proud of... but someone swiped it. :-(

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[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I think I still have some pieces from my portfolio somewhere in the basement. Funny--when I had become well and truly fed up with class, and hated every minute I spent drawing, instructors commented favorably on the energy they sensed in the pieces I produced.

You do learn to see. And sometimes you surprise yourself, and those times are fun.

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[juliabk.livejournal.com]

Maybe one day when I have the time to get into that drawing place I might give it another shot. I find that it's easier for me to find the writing place. Drawing, for me, requires a different kind of energy and I don't seem to have it these days. *sigh*

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[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

In some ways, that's the way I feel about guitar. I would love to learn, but when book push comes to shove, the guitar practice/lessons get jettisoned. It takes an energy that somehow competes with the energy I need to write, and writing comes first.

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[juliabk.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Writing definitely comes first. Well, after the day job and the family and the bills and... and... and...

At least for me, but then I'm not the one with the contracts. :-)

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[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Well, at times it's a neck and neck race. Because I don't know who's reading this, I won't say what wins.

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[juliabk.livejournal.com]

It's very simple. That which wins is what *should* win.

:-)

[dandyfunk.livejournal.com]

If you don't have the energy/time/gumtion to draw, you can always look. Here are a few good places I visit:

http://www.stutler.cc/other/sketchbook/sketchbook.html

http://parisbreakfasts.blogspot.com/

http://janabouc.wordpress.com/

http://shantimarie.wordpress.com/