I decided to add my Intermediate Figure Drawing pieces to my Picasa:

http://picasaweb.google.com/craisin/

I’ve been working with charcoal a lot more again, to get better at it. I feel like this class has helped me improve a LOT, especially from where I started earlier this year in the beginner’s class. My instructor, Gordon, is really supportive and suuucchh a sweetie! He “Oooohs” everytime he comes by to look at my stuff. I’ve befriended a really great classmate who I also took the class with last semester, Nam, who offers a lot of great positive advice and suggestions.

Something for me to think about, something Nam told me: “You want to EXPLAIN the back of the knee more. You’re drawing what you’re seeing, but you need to EXPLAIN it more to the person looking at your drawing.” Greatly put. I never drew (hohoho) the connection between visual drawing and COMMUNICATING in the way I used to in writing essays. It makes so much more sense now, the way he put it.