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Let's see if I can get some study done. The 1st musical selection is "King of the Delta Blues Singers" by Robert Johnson. Next up, "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music" by Ray Charles. Wow! Ray Charles! Drawabox Lesson 1: Exercise 2 Ghosted Lines Exercise 3 Ghosted Planes These are the earliest exercises. I don't know why I expected to have gotten better after not doing any practice for two years. Superimposed lines went well, but ghosted lines and planes feel worse than they did two years ago. I'm also not used to holding these pens. I've gotten in the habit of holding them quite slanted, where they seem to work better at a 90-degree angle Alrighty then! Happy New Year!

 Hey-O waaazzzzuuup? Maybe a quick one today? It's already been two years since I finished Drawbox lesson 1. Looking at the Drawabox Discord it seems they often recommend warming up and continuing from where you left off.  My plan then is to review Lesson 1, do some of the exercises to refamiliarize myself with them and then pick up on the box challenge. So, let's get right into it. Notes: Warmup with a random selection of two or three lesson 1 exercises for 10 to 15 minutes. When going through the lessons watch the videos and read the text. It's repetitive but experiencing the information more than once in different formats helps with retention. Force yourself to make marks from the shoulder Watched some videos from Lesson one and did a little of the first homework page. Didn't get to listen to much music. Catch you next time. I added one of those paper like  screen protectors to my iPad. I have a couple of bubbles and dust particles but I'm fine with it for now. I...

Alright, welcome back. I'm hoping to get some practice in today. Let's put on some music. We will star off with "The Weavers at Carnegie Hall" by The Weavers. OK now on to practice. I've decided to start over with Drawabox.  But first! The books I ordered came in, so you know, I need to read a little just to see what they are about. The first one is " Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain " by Betty Edwards. The introduction to this book was several pages. It sounds interesting. I think I'll start reading this one. Next up " Keys to Drawing " by Bert Dodson. The introduction to this book was only a page and a quarter. It seems like it's a series of 55 drawing exercises. I I also picked up " Atomic Habits " by James Clear. It now art specific, but hopefully it will help me focus on achieving my goals for the new year. Time for another album. Next up we have "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis. I'm an hour and ten minut...

 I wanted to do some Drawabox practice, but I decided to try some sketching instead. I guess I'm ok with the 50% rule anyway. One idea I had was to listen to music while I practice. Right now, I'm following the book "101 Albums That Changed Popular Music" by Chris Smith. I listened to Elvis Presley's self-titled album and "Birth of the Cool" by Miles Davis.

I recently tried out a VR oil painting application called Vermillion . It's great beacue you can have your easel, canvas, paints, and tools in a virtual space. No set up, no clean up. It's really immersive. Of course the result wasn't great. I was just trying out the app and testing the paints and brushes. It got me hooked and I started looking up videos on YouTube to learn more. That lead me to this artist named Alex Antuna. He's an artist and he tries out new ways to create during his lunch hour. I found it super motivational. That lead me to start researching other painting styles like watercolor where I found a watercolor artist named Niaz Hannan. After seeing how cool his watercolor art is, I saw this video and was blown away. It's like watching magic happen. You can't actually believe what you are seeing, I was amazed at this art and how it felt like it shouldn't be possible. The channel name is 미술부화실 misulbu. Check it out. Anyway. Now all that's l...

 Hello and welcome to my newest blog. This blog will follow my journey as an artist. Step 1 learn to draw. A couple of years ago I started Drawabox. I got as far as Part One: Lesson 1 and then stopped completely. I can't remember why I stopped and that's sort of the reason for this blog. One of the sponsors for Drawabox is New Masters Academy. They have the 12-week Visual Development: Dynamic Sketching course as part of the membership. A version of this very course inspired Drawabox. The current plan is to take the 12-week course, work through Drawabox, and then go from there. Maybe I'll take Dynamic Sketching again after Drawabox, maybe I'll jump to something else.