So, I officially started my course on the 29th of August and I attend on the Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. I was absolutely terrified as well. Barely slept a wink. Seriously! Due to the travel, I'm having to get myself up at 3:30/4:00 which gives me time to get up, dressed, put on make up, straighten my hair (which is a mission on it's own!!) then get down to the bus station for the 6:10 bus which will get me in for 8:15 or 8:30ish depending on traffic. Considering I got about 2 hours sleep at the most on the Sunday, you can imagine that I was pretty much dead on my feet! Thankfully Kenny came to Glasgow with me that day, as he went to view a flat in Rutherglen - but I'll talk more about the whole flat issue another day, like when I actually move in so it has a happy ending ;)
The first day went really well I think! I got to use a Mac, which was glorious :P I won't lie though, it was a bit weird. I've never used one before, so it takes a bit of getting used to - as does Illustrator. I have no fucking clue how to use it! So during our Digital Media class, it's safe to say that I failed pretty miserably at it :P Hopefully I'll be better this Monday though! :)
I love the drawing classes though. I love how it's really giving me a challenge! One of my major hangups with any drawings I do is the fact I take ages with them. I'm too much of a perfectionist with a defeatist attitude! "Och, I fucked that up!" *start again!*, or "Naw, that's shite!" *rage smoke!*. They don't give me the chance to be like that. It would be a case of BAM! Draw the person in front of you now by:
- Quick sketch in 20 mins making sure the proportions are good
- Drawing with the hand you don't use (My left hand for me)
- Draw with the hand you don't use and don't look at your drawing, and don't take your pencil off the paper! One continuous line!
- Use pastels/charcoal/pencil/conte chalk
I've put a few of the better pics up along with the first one I drew just to show some sort of improvement. I know that these aren't absolutely amazing, but it's nice to actually see that they are getting better and I'm allowing myself to be more sketchy instead of extremely delicate with them :)
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| First day Draw person in front 20 mins |
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| Second day Draw person in front - profile 15 mins |
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| Third day Draw person in front - profile (using charcoal) 15 mins |
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| Fourth day Draw person in front wearing a hat 20 mins |
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| Forth day Self portrait while wearing a hat 45 mins |
they are looking good hun, and I can't remember the last time I used a mac...it was in art class ironically enough :)
ReplyDeleteTo be honest I'm gonna speak to my guidance lecturer about the Digital Media class - the lecturer we have is pants and not the most helpful, and I found out yesterday I'm not the only person who feels the same :/
ReplyDeleteThanks though :) x