Monday, June 17, 2019

Monday Marks


I spent a good part of the weekend working on the project of the teapot. It's really hard I ask you may two versions more one on another large piece of paper and one in my small sketchbook. Shockingly the sketchbook came out much better than the larger attempt. I don't know what this tells me that kind of reinforces my suspicion that I work on the big pad is frustrated because of the size and my inability to reach the far portions of the art space available sigh. Today is busy and got immediate out in the community at lunchtime but I plan to spend time on the project erasing clean up the darkening lines. Still not anywhere close to what I'd like to hand it tomorrow but tomorrow's coming sometimes you just have to eat the fish that you catch that's all you got. But I'm pleased with the hours I put in the vendors to but for the best for me… Is that too selfish.

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Just Pass Me Through!



I never have been a big proponent of maximum-security to your computer system which is one of the biggest reasons for my frustration with layer upon layer of security on my files. I don't know what's happened recently I thought it was my switchover to new pieces of technology i.e. Tab A and my cell phone. I thought this was because perhaps the universe of the Internet saw that I had gone to using new devices. And I can understand the need Some levels of security when new equipment is added to your collection but now it seems more than the addition of one or two pieces of equipment. It's like the security gods have taken upon themselves the decision that opening up something like your Facebook account or your Google account you must first produce your name and your computer password I at least think that's the way things are happening. Before, when using my password for the first time I had to do the whole thing from password to posting I had to prove who I was at each step along the way. Everything is so intertwined now that Google has a lot of Power over an individual by not letting that individual access their until they are satisfied Google with the appropriate name as well as password. For instance, I need to get the password for my Google account. I keep a list of passwords on my On my InkPadNotepad account . I'm finding I cannot even get into Google without providing the Google password and my online presence meadowlark Mark or the phone number I use. Same is true when I'm trying to access my blog! Can you believe that? When I sit down to update my blog last thing you want to do is having to come up with my current password. I'm kind spooked because in the old days when you did that once that stayed with the account and you can keep the account open not have to go through the password dance every time you want to use the account. For me it's a pain in the butt because I use two pieces of software every day to do the blogs. It's frustrating

In order to fight this blight of security frenzy I decided to song and dance of finding the answer to the questions of password and to write them down onto a regular file that I can access without having to access one of these supersensitive sites. I have fought memorization of these passwords over the years playing that risky game of writing the items out and being able to go back to those when I need to. As I write this I'm thinking why don't I just print out a hard copy of my passwords and I will have it for Whenver I need to. Tonight was such a trauma. I finally succeeded when I located one of my devices that had the service open and then back to me and to the file I wanted. This is the way I solved my problem in trying to remember the names of my classmates in the drying class I'm taking. I printed a copy of the class rosters that has my classmates names. So it all works I just have to be ever vigilant to make sure I have a platform I can access or better yet have access to Passwords to access these platforms.

Today, I actually went to the cemetery where my ex-sister-in-law and friend Sheelan is buried. Enter freaky I know is there some where. I went to the funeral there I can't figure out why she does show up on their logs. I will contact my old workplace they might know. Kind of a shame though I was looking forward to spending some time with the girl.…

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Late Night Cap

Not that I've become discouraged but I have a little bit but that's okay I'm going to get through this. Anyway tonight I drew for about 45 minutes and I drew a hat, might hat. I don't know if I will exhibit it tomorrow for show-and-tell Thursday still though it's a pretty poor rendering but it also exhibits how much time I put into the project.

Sunday, June 9, 2019

Three Boxes




It's Sunday night and I actually spent time working on the homework assignment. At least it's something to hand in. I'd knowledge that it's not anywhere near what the assignment supposed to be about as far as placement in perspective and things like that the boxes. I'm just glad I got some boxes drawn. Tomorrow, I plan to do a lot of erasing cleaning up the space and maybe darkening some lines just so it shows that I've done some work on the project this really does amaze me to bring some much work for an audit.

Friday, June 7, 2019

Boxes and boxes

I apologize it's been almost a week since I've last posted at least two meetings of the class and things of really taken a turn, for the worse? I don't know to be honest with you. I love to draw and I've always one to draw better than I do but this class is kicking my butt. Last meetings have been drawing boxes – – exercises in perspective is the hardest thing I think I've ever done on something like this open up old wounds of my learning capabilities. But it's good I'm glad that I'm going through it even more so that I'm not really getting graded on the tasks nor is it going into my permanent record. Yesterday's assignment was drawing boxes in perspective in relationship to each other which I'll be laboring on all weekend and it's freaking me out. I have to sit back and enjoy the ride. The ride's work but it's worth it I guess. I need to realize and know this will not stop me from my regular drawing and I should be drawing more. Anyway I need to draw three boxes from the five in the proper perspective and of their relationship to each other in distance I have no idea. In the two hours we had to work on the concept yesterday it took me an hour just to get the courage to even make my first Mark I don't know what I'm going to do…


Friday, May 24, 2019

A Ha

I actually spent some time working on the homework project, negative space. I was a bit intimidated at the beginning but then something clicked and I figured a way to betterShow the negative space. It will take some work that's okay--I'll be able to report hours worked on the project. I still have regular sketching to do as well.

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Show And Tell



We handed our material in today for grading – – I did even though I'm just going through the motions I felt stress. We did more show and tell interestingly everybody had to share their just regular sketching work as well as the assignments. Everyone turns their horses around and puts their sketchpad where people can see their work. This is a little intimidating but kind of fun. I was surprised to got good remarks on my work.

Today's class was about negative space or drawing with negative space that's where you don't use lines to draw but you fill in everything which is considered "negative space" the area around the image. I found this task to be quite frustrating and difficult to do dolly from a academic standpoint but also from just the physical standpoint and I was using my big pad to do this with I sure didn't like the way my project came out which is my homework for the weekend. It was a magician exercise I'm glad to have done it but I think I did poorly, if you don't mind digging on the holiday.