I tried to think of a post but I couldn't. So I decided to post two of my latest drawings up:
The turtle... he fails at life. Everything else is me expressing frustration at my turtle for failing at life.
The deer turned out amazingly better than I thought it would when I started.
The bird... ugh. I can't get the tails to do what I wanted. I liked how the flowers went though.
I did the deer all in one go with an ink pen... it went really quickly and I thought I'd be all super awesome and do the bird and flowers in pencil first so I could change things as I went. The pencil went great but it turns out I hate going back over things in ink. So very boring that is.
I went to B&N to look up books that could teach me more about drawing because this is becoming very fun. But all I found were books that tought you how to draw realisticly. I want books that show me more things like what I am already doing and give me suggestions on ways to improve on my current gig. I do not enjoy seeing/drawing pictures of things that look exactly like what they are. I want to draw lines that capture the essence of what I am drawing without looking like a picture of one. Terry Pratchet described it best in Hat Full of Sky when he talked about the picture of a horse. I don't have the book with me or I would quote it. Feel free to look it up.
I told Wulfa she was my hero and she asked why. Let me give you two small fake(but accurate) quotes from each of us:
Wulfa: I am so tired. I just spent all day cleaning the house while holding a fat heavy baby to my chest and wrestling with a squirmy shouting two yearold whirlwind who knows the word "now". I also helped your mom with all of her housework and choir stuff while lifting weights and practicing my flute. I'm back in shape less than a month after having the baby and am handling all the finances and car stuff while you are away. I called your unit and found out all the things you need to do when you get back and I have been scouting for a new place to live. Oh and yay your kids just had THREE MILLION POOPY DIAPERS and I handled that as well. I just hope you are doing okay while you are so busy there in the army.
Dammerung: I am so tired. I had to stand in the rain for twenty min and then they made me do about 10 pushups in cadence. Oh and my roomate is whiney and I had to force myself to stay awake for six hours while in class learning something monkeys do blindfolded while scratching themselves. My life sucks. I wish I was home with you where everything is easy.
The turtle... he fails at life. Everything else is me expressing frustration at my turtle for failing at life.
The deer turned out amazingly better than I thought it would when I started.
The bird... ugh. I can't get the tails to do what I wanted. I liked how the flowers went though.
I did the deer all in one go with an ink pen... it went really quickly and I thought I'd be all super awesome and do the bird and flowers in pencil first so I could change things as I went. The pencil went great but it turns out I hate going back over things in ink. So very boring that is.
I went to B&N to look up books that could teach me more about drawing because this is becoming very fun. But all I found were books that tought you how to draw realisticly. I want books that show me more things like what I am already doing and give me suggestions on ways to improve on my current gig. I do not enjoy seeing/drawing pictures of things that look exactly like what they are. I want to draw lines that capture the essence of what I am drawing without looking like a picture of one. Terry Pratchet described it best in Hat Full of Sky when he talked about the picture of a horse. I don't have the book with me or I would quote it. Feel free to look it up.
I told Wulfa she was my hero and she asked why. Let me give you two small fake(but accurate) quotes from each of us:
Wulfa: I am so tired. I just spent all day cleaning the house while holding a fat heavy baby to my chest and wrestling with a squirmy shouting two yearold whirlwind who knows the word "now". I also helped your mom with all of her housework and choir stuff while lifting weights and practicing my flute. I'm back in shape less than a month after having the baby and am handling all the finances and car stuff while you are away. I called your unit and found out all the things you need to do when you get back and I have been scouting for a new place to live. Oh and yay your kids just had THREE MILLION POOPY DIAPERS and I handled that as well. I just hope you are doing okay while you are so busy there in the army.
Dammerung: I am so tired. I had to stand in the rain for twenty min and then they made me do about 10 pushups in cadence. Oh and my roomate is whiney and I had to force myself to stay awake for six hours while in class learning something monkeys do blindfolded while scratching themselves. My life sucks. I wish I was home with you where everything is easy.
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You are a cool husband and daddy. :)