I’ve posted this before but it bears repeating.
Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you got and fix it along the way.
Paul Arden
How did it get to be Friday?
I can’t be the only one unable to keep my days straight during this Stay-at-Home thing.
Thank goodness I have been hoarding art supplies over the years… no shortage here! (Pretty good on the TP front in case you were concerned for me.)
… and of course,
Do Your Part – Stay Apart
(Sktchy portraits in a Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketch Book – A5 portrait)
Yup… it’s that time again.
April is International Fake Journal Month and although its creator Roz Stendahl will no longer be posting about it, that doesn’t mean I have to stop!
My ninth year. I’m probably more surprised at my commitment than anyone. Am I ready? Nope, but I’m starting anyway. I figure I have all month to discover who I am.
I’ll be posting on my dedicated Fake Journal blog, Skylark Karma so please follow along and we’ll find out together.
I’m sure you’ve heard them all… sometimes all of them in one sentence!
I originally meant to post this last Friday and the RuPaul quote today but without a schedule I’ve been getting my days mixed up. I’m sure I’m not alone as we all adjust to the ever changing situation. Stay safe my friends…
… and stay home.
… and we’re not done yet!
I was listening to Terry Gross’ interview with RuPaul on NPR’s Fresh Air the other day when I was brought to a standstill by RuPaul’s insight into the human condition.
“Being youthful is about being flexible both literally and figuratively. In this life, if you can stay flexible, you have a really good chance of navigating a really rich experience for yourself on this planet.”
Wise words we all would do well to remember during these tumultuous times.
(Portrait of a Sktchy muse in a Hahnemühle Nostalgie A5 Sketch Book)
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes. But in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust
The Coronavirus pandemic has all the world’s inhabitants on edge, including me.
As we search for ways to cope some people turn to information gathering, some turn to science and others to their faith. Some, like me, turn to all of these and run it through the “art filter” in our brains.
This information goes into my addled brain, swirls around as I try to make sense of it, and then comes out through my hand onto my journal pages. Often it’s still an entry of jumbled thoughts, but I’m comforted by the act. It’s one small way I can adapt… an arrow in my quiver of coping mechanisms.
As I wrote on my March 16th journal spread, “The only thing constant is change.”
(My take on Edvard Munch’s The Scream, and two Sktchy portraits in a Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketch Book – A5 portrait) (some text obscured for privacy.)
We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to life when each arrives.
Gary Zukav
These ten commandments on seeing/drawing were revealed to me on a mountain, but also in a meadow, on a beach and even in the subway. For their revelation did not come all at once, but in this installments, as it were, over the years, and always while I was busy drawing, and invariably on holy ground. But that may be because, while drawing, all ground is holy: unseparated from the whole.
Frederick Franck
The Awakened Eye
I participated in fast figure drawing for Figuary 2020 and enjoyed it so much that I’ve continued it into March by going back to the lessons and videos from 2019.
The typical session consists of three 1-minute poses, two 2-minute poses, and a single 5 minute pose.
Here’s a complete session which demonstrates how I can increase the level of detail as my allowed time increases.
After the session I add class notes to the page. I find writing it down helps my comprehension.
First 1 minute pose.
1-minute poses on left, 2-minute poses on right.
5-minute pose.
Dana Burrell... Art 