Such a long time such a long time such a long lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time...
Well, it hasn't really been a lonely time, I just like that song.
But it HAS been a long time since I posted my last blog. EEK! I blame it all on Facebook.
Okay, so here's what I've been doing for the past 5 months:
1. Drawing!! I switched figure drawing classes a couple months ago, and am now studying with Michael Markowitz, an artist at the 23rd Street Art Gallery in Noe Valley. Here's my link to the Flickr page with some favorite pieces from both his class, and my previous class with Linda Corbett at Palo Alto's Pacific Art League: My Figure Drawing Set on Flickr
And here are my big faves:
9/23/08, 23rd St. Gallery, 1-hr pose; conté crayon, pastel, charcoal
10/06/08, 23rd St. Gallery, 2-min gesture; charcoal
10/06/08, 23rd St. Gallery, 7-min pose; charcoal
10/06/08, 23rd St. Gallery, 1-hr pose; pastel, conté crayon, charcoal
2. Reading: Mostly thanks to Caltrain, I've had my nose stuck in some pretty great books lately. My most recent amazing read is The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood. This book was my introduction to Atwood, and I am completely hooked. As soon as I was finished with Assassin, I went out and bought another Atwood novel, Alias Grace. After a somewhat slower start than Assassin, this one is proving to be just as engaging. Also on the "Recently Read" shelf: Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides. Absolutely LOVED it. On the nonfiction side: Don't Get Too Comfortable, by David Rakoff and When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris. Both were very funny books from reliably hysterical writers.
3. Biking! Recently my boss at WPI set up a ride from Mill Valley to Mount Tam with the Obama-centric theme of "YES WE TAM!" This is the JPG of the email invitation he sent out to announce the ride:
Here's the album with pics from the ride on my Facebook Page: Yes we TAM! Bike Ride
By the way, while we're on the subject of Obama, let's all vote on Tuesday, mmkay?
4. Visiting my Family: James and I went to visit my sister this past weekend in Colorado Springs, and then took them all down for a roadtrip to celebrate my Grandpa Tom's 80th birthday in Albuquerque. Charity has the most adorable kids I've ever seen, and deserves a medal for raising them so well while her husband's been away for most of the last 5 years in Iraq. Here are Gibson, almost 9; Jonathan, 7; Conner, 4; and baby girl Sydney, 8 mo:
My Sister's Great Kids
That's about it. Also on this list would be: moving with James to a cute place in Belmont, listening to and watching the debates, becoming addicted to This American Life podcasts, getting deeply involved in the political goings-on of Getting More Bike Capacity on Caltrain, and, most recently, pumpkin carving:
I hope everyone else has been just swell. I promise I'll be back soon!
But it HAS been a long time since I posted my last blog. EEK! I blame it all on Facebook.
Okay, so here's what I've been doing for the past 5 months:
1. Drawing!! I switched figure drawing classes a couple months ago, and am now studying with Michael Markowitz, an artist at the 23rd Street Art Gallery in Noe Valley. Here's my link to the Flickr page with some favorite pieces from both his class, and my previous class with Linda Corbett at Palo Alto's Pacific Art League: My Figure Drawing Set on Flickr
And here are my big faves:
9/23/08, 23rd St. Gallery, 1-hr pose; conté crayon, pastel, charcoal
10/06/08, 23rd St. Gallery, 2-min gesture; charcoal
10/06/08, 23rd St. Gallery, 7-min pose; charcoal
10/06/08, 23rd St. Gallery, 1-hr pose; pastel, conté crayon, charcoal
2. Reading: Mostly thanks to Caltrain, I've had my nose stuck in some pretty great books lately. My most recent amazing read is The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood. This book was my introduction to Atwood, and I am completely hooked. As soon as I was finished with Assassin, I went out and bought another Atwood novel, Alias Grace. After a somewhat slower start than Assassin, this one is proving to be just as engaging. Also on the "Recently Read" shelf: Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides. Absolutely LOVED it. On the nonfiction side: Don't Get Too Comfortable, by David Rakoff and When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris. Both were very funny books from reliably hysterical writers.
3. Biking! Recently my boss at WPI set up a ride from Mill Valley to Mount Tam with the Obama-centric theme of "YES WE TAM!" This is the JPG of the email invitation he sent out to announce the ride:
Here's the album with pics from the ride on my Facebook Page: Yes we TAM! Bike Ride
By the way, while we're on the subject of Obama, let's all vote on Tuesday, mmkay?
4. Visiting my Family: James and I went to visit my sister this past weekend in Colorado Springs, and then took them all down for a roadtrip to celebrate my Grandpa Tom's 80th birthday in Albuquerque. Charity has the most adorable kids I've ever seen, and deserves a medal for raising them so well while her husband's been away for most of the last 5 years in Iraq. Here are Gibson, almost 9; Jonathan, 7; Conner, 4; and baby girl Sydney, 8 mo:
My Sister's Great Kids
That's about it. Also on this list would be: moving with James to a cute place in Belmont, listening to and watching the debates, becoming addicted to This American Life podcasts, getting deeply involved in the political goings-on of Getting More Bike Capacity on Caltrain, and, most recently, pumpkin carving:
I hope everyone else has been just swell. I promise I'll be back soon!
posted by Emily Hunter at 1:01 PM
2 Comments:
Great blog. Just popped by and was so impressed by your life drawing.I started a class two weeks ago and I found that my drawings are wooden and over worked,(I'm not even trying hands and feet) the opposite of your beauties. I am posting/blogging them anyway, hopeful seeing where I'm going wrong will help me in the future. Look forward to following your progress.
Wow, thanks for the nice words! This class is really spoiling me-- terrific models in a terrific setting. If I had advice to give (that I don't always follow myself), I'd say to stay loose and draw from the shoulder. (as opposed to the wrist)
I've got so many books that need to be photographed, but I'll try to post more soon!
Happy drawing!
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