Happy New Year's Eve

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!

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