contemplating chicken: various thoughts

PAINTING DONE! This was one of the least frustrating I have done in a while. I quite like it.

[desc. watercolor of an old Ford truck and two tractors on a hill.]

TWO THINGS

THING NUMBER ONE

I FINISHED THIS DAMN PAINTING YEAAAAAAAH

THING NUMBER TWO

THE AVENGERS

FUCK YEAH THE AVENGERS

YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

[desc. watercolor looking up a street of medieval buildings with cafes at the ground level; one side of the street is shaded, the other lit. It is in shades of green, mostly.]

LAYING DOWN SOME MORE LIFE DRAWING ON Y’ALL

This: COLORS: Yes.

[desc. watercolor of a person in VIBRANT COLORS lying on their back over a pillow from the direction of their shoulders.]

I liked these two from last night.

[desc. two bright watercolors, one of a person sitting on a stool from behind, the other of a person sitting on the ground with knee bent in profile.]

And this one… hmmm.

[desc. watercolor/graphite drawing of a person lying down on a pillow from the top of the head. There is much foreshortening.]

This was about the best one from last week, and it wasn’t terribly good. Thus my disgruntlement. I was trying to be more subtle with my use of color, and I think that was a mistake.

When I think of all the things I want to get done before Switzerland (art to finish! stories to write! book to finish! books to read!) I feel a little panicked. Some of these things don’t technically have any kind of deadline to get done (see: art, as I am taking my watercolors with me), but once I’m working 40 hours a week again it’s going to be not so easy to fit them in. Others (books to read) really need to happen here, as I am not hauling a ton of books overseas with me (this is why I’m not reading a lot of books on my Nook — I want to hoard them for later, when I don’t have English bookstores convenient.)

[desc. graphite and watercolor drawing of a person with short hair sitting with knees splayed out to the side from the back.]

Things I accomplished today:

1. Printing cards

2. Scanning all my figure drawings

3. Working four hours in the clinic

4. Getting paid

5. Depositing said check

6. Napping 

Things I did not accomplish:

1. Most everything I was planning to do

OH WELL.

This is the 10-minute pose from last night. I like it, even if it’s sloppy.

[desc. watercolor/grease pencil drawing of someone standing and resting one arm on a stick.]

Finally finished! Not sure what I think yet.

This is the Rose Theater in Omaha, built 1927, now mainly used for children’s productions.  

[desc. watercolor of the left section of an ornamental theater proscenium. Many colors occur.]

The long pose from last night. Other than the obscenely long left calf (I actually got my mom’s yardstick and measured my calf and my torso to make sure it was screwed up), it’s not too bad.

[desc. a watercolor of a person sitting on a stool in green, blue, and yellow, with a purple background.]

The next two drawings didn’t quite live up to the first, but more color was played with, and fun was had by all.

[desc. a watercolor of a person standing, done in tones of orange, magenta, and purple.]

And then I just continued on that theme.

This is, no joke, my best piece of the night. It looks like the dude, the proportions are pretty near correct, and all was swell.

[desc. a watercolor of a person sitting in profile done in green, blue, and purple, with a red background.]

Last night’s figure drawing theme was “fuck reality because colors.” This was the ten-minute pose. It’s never going to be a good finished drawing, so why not screw around with it?

[desc. drawing with watercolor flicked across it in red, orange, yellow, and magenta of a person standing up with hands on shoulder such that the elbows make little wings.]

Now this one I liked. However, I decided that as I have already done at least nine other drawings in this style, I needed to branch out.

[desc. a watercolor of a nude red-haired person sitting on a stool facing away from the artist.]

The first of the figure drawings from tonight! I actually think this one is pretty terrible, but also kind of interesting, so you guys get to see it anyway.

[desc. loose watercolor/grease pencil drawing of a standing person with a stick. It is sloppy and the head is too big.]

Like many of my pieces, this one is subtitled, “I give up.”

Anyway, I finished it.

[desc. a watercolor of the inside top corner of a heavily ornamented train station in the Art Deco style. There is a large clock on the wall at the right and a chandelier hanging from the ceiling at the left.]