This is not my drawing but Lord I wish it was... This week has been anything but void of complications and lack of time management. I had to miss class on Friday due to an unavoidable work schedule to which I had to travel nearly 2 hours and work for the whole weekend. I'm guessing that I missed a long drawing on Friday, and I missed the male model which I believe to be more challenging than the female model. I have learned a great deal this week and the number one thing that I learned is that sometimes life jumps out at you when you least expect it and schedules overlap and you have to use critical thinking in order to figure out what is most necessary at the time. Here I say this right now when I'm down to the deadline in three of my classes and sitting at the table at home 90+ miles away from school on a Sunday night trying to balance school, family, and work. I have an immense amount of respect for teachers and what they have to do. Alright, back on topic: This last week in drawing we worked on molding our muscles and studying the female figure. I found Monday was quite beneficial because professor Fichter walked around and took time explaining the individual muscles and how they formed onto the body. She hadn't had time for mine previously so I needed to change a lot but I find it more helpful to know now rather than wait until the last minute and realize that everything needs to be switched around and elongated and such. The reason that I used this picture in this weeks post is because I happened upon it when I was researching information on artists for another assignment, and as it turns out this drawing was done by a homeless artist. For me, of course, this was beautiful and I thought that I'd share it with my Grandmother... Her response was not expected (ha). She turned to me and said "Well, he's homeless because he probably has an art degree!?" My Mother and I exchanged looks and laughed it off but I did think that her response was interesting. I've heard several times that I'm just "taking up space" but I still keep up on my art degree and remain hopeful that if I never do find a job then I will at least stay happy for the rest of my life.
