I went to Valencia Community College today to visit with students in a fundamentals drawing course. The instructor, Kelledy, asked me to tell the students about my background and about how I got involved in my latest endeavor which is, as you know, posting a drawing a day to this blog. I am seldom asked to share my thoughts about what I love most in life which is to draw and share my drawings with others, so for me it was a real treat. The students seemed really interested and with any luck my simple sketches might inspire one or two to look around and slow down to sketch and observe.
The students were working on still life’s from buffalo skulls. They were using mostly charcoal on large sheets of 18 by 24 inch paper with lots of tooth to hold the media. They constructed the compositions in a cubist manner then used cross contours to further refine the shapes. Finally everything was delicately shaded. I pulled out my Tablet and sketched for a short while. The room was a cavernous space with a huge skylight high in the center of the room. It really bought me back to my college days in NYC.
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of all days to be in san francisco, you speak in my class. i heard all about your visit and am upset i missed it. Your work is inspiring. maybe our paths will cross soon.
Brittany, Thanks for checking in. Sorry to have missed yo as well. I checked your flickr set. If you ever want an artist to tag along sketching the club scene let me know. I saw an article about bloggers in NYC who just post photos of club kids. I think sketches would be cool. A thought.