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Life throws you a low, slow ball that you swing and miss about fifty times before it crosses the plate. *sigh*
The baby has come down with a severe case of bronchiolitis. Similar to bronchitis but more severe. We ended up taking her in to the E.R. last night and having her airways suctioned out. I think I got all of 3 hours of sleep. Add to that equation that school is out for the summer. Ah, the dulcet tones of children fighting, screaming, coughing, and crying! If I'm dressed before 10:30 in the morning, a miracle has occurred.
I have all of my reference pics set aside and have already picked my next picture to work on. I just need everyone else to:
a) Play Nicely
b) Stop getting sick
c) Stop needing trips to the E.R.
d) Let me focus and draw
Dang it! I was really looking forward to this next pic too! I'm going to keep trying to make time, but right now, sleep is higher on my list of priorities.
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New hobby
Guys, help! I discovered a new hobby around Christmas and promptly went out and bought all the supplies!! I can't stop! I'm learning all about beads, fittings, clasps, string vs wire, and tools... It has opened up so many possibilities to me. I'm currently waiting on my newest batch of supplies and a Hobby Lobby just opened up near me..... I'm going to be so poor.....
Human body continued
My study of the nose has morphed into "study of nose and eyes" since just drawing a nose weirds me out a little.
From here I may segue just into eyes and really focus on those. The bain of my drawing life has been the inability to really nail a drawing with expressive eyes. The critique I always got, more than any other, was "Their eyes look flat, like there's just no expression or feeling."
*Siiiiiiigh*
Noses
For the next little while, I'm going to study noses. Noses have so much variety, this should prove fun and challenging.
I did a basic sketch of the skull just to understand how much of the nose is bone and how much is cartilage. This should help as I dive into the wide world of nose shapes and sizes.
Noses have so much character and add so much to the human face. Often, those exaggerated portraits rely heavily on noses to make the portrait recognizable.
This will be a journey!
Feet studies
This week, I've been working on feet. The bones of the ankle and top of the foot at complex, so I've been working more on general shapes. Dancers feet are hard because of the way everything flexes and the super high arches. Toddler feet are fun because they are so chunky! Walking feet, resting feet, curled up feet.
So, get ready for more studies!
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Poor Bear.
Sometimes it seems like Life deliberately makes you strike out. And the umpire doesn't always seem to call fair.
I guess you just keep getting up and going to bat for as long as you can. Win some, lose some, it's the rule of Life.
Sometimes it seems like Life deliberately makes you strike out. And the umpire doesn't always seem to call fair.
I guess you just keep getting up and going to bat for as long as you can. Win some, lose some, it's the rule of Life.