The
day started off relatively nice I had great hopes for the acceptable
weather day. I actually woke up somewhat excited at the anticipation
of drawing class. The trip in to the college was awkward still but
not as bad as the first day with the portfolio. With the clipboard
and for or four pieces of paper I took out of the tablet the
portfolio was much lighter blue bit easier to handle but still quite
awkward particularly with the wind. The clouds were dark and menacing
and I totally believed the rain would blow over.
The
assignment this meeting was to read chapter 4, if I was still in my
psychology study days I would say it was about Gestalt and filling in
concept. I'd read this chapter before my book came in the mail last
week. I didn't remember much except the upside down drawing exercise.
That was part of our assignments this meeting. We had to finish last
week's assignment the cattle skull and then worked on this week's
assignment the upside down drawing. I must admit I was a bit
skeptical going into the class not really thinking the upside down
drawing would make that much difference. However, I was wrong and I
raise myself as I went through the exercise came out something very
much looking like the image I was copying. We worked on the project
for at least 45 minutes which I feel I pretty much had completed as
much as I was capable. He concluded the class by having us take our
renditions with us to finish “finish” I don't know what else I
could do accept clean the drawings up with an eraser. I actually did
some rework on the cattle skull/Bulls skull. I will go through the
motions and count the time.
Each
session we have to report on how much time we spent with our sketches
over the time away from class. I am just amazed at these folks
putting in four and five hours of sketch time! However, I did sit
behind Abby in class and watched her work on the upside down lady and
she really did seem to be attending to minutia that I never would in
her rendition of the image. So I guess these guys are truthful.
Interestingly, again, how important the grade in this class seems to
be for these kids just amazing. I'm amazed when I hear the instructor
talk about what'll be docked as far as grades and the classwork. I
guess as a person auditing it's hard for me to get freaked out about
how much time I'm spending on each exercise.
Though
the rain was not torrential coming home there was rain to the point
that I dabbled at the library where I had gone to set up my
E-portfolio account. The menacing dark clouds which had filled the
sky were now releasing their sorrows. I waited for the rain to slack
when it did I made my way over to the student center where I bought a
few more things and some lunch. I just want to get home to enjoy my
apartment on this cold and rainy day so I made it to the bus stop and
caught the 217. So far I'm enjoying the class.…
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