Circadian Shift

BTW, I'm still soldiering on with drawing classes.

As I've mentioned/claimed before, I can do linework, and I can also handle colour. However, trying to render stuff in monochrome has been a real bugbear for me.

I've also been struggling with finding a drawing medium that I'm really comfortable with. As much as I love the look of Conté, I've had very little luck in getting it to work for me. I've had better luck with charcoal (having tried a couple different kinds), and suprised myself this past Wednesday by producing not-too-embarassing results with good ol' graphite pencil. Evidently, I need to spend a lot more time practicing with this stuff.

Meanwhile, N has been attending the classes with me, and has turned out to be the star pupil of the group:

(Again, I reiterate -- this is N's work, not mine. Bravo, N.)

Lastly, a rambling post of mine such as this one wouldn't be complete without some links:

• ArtLex is an "Art Dictionary for artists, collectors, students and educators in art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education"
• Here's a site called Drawing Materials and Drawing Techniques -- an Introduction
• Notebook is an interesting-looking, if somewhat convolutedly organized, collection of "Visual Arts References and Resource"
• About.com has a newbie-friendly guide to Drawing and Sketching

And here are two more that I dug out of the Circadian Shift archives:

• Ideography has a tutorial titled "But I Can't Draw" available for download
• Art Studio Chalkboard offers a bunch of lessons on drawing and painting