Well, today I am home with a cold/flu. For some reason, while sitting around with a "bug", and while reading one of my many plant books, I came across some garden bugs...so decided to draw a few. I am a beginner at drawing, but seem to be enjoying it. have been looking for a class to take...so far the least expensive is 260 dollars for 8 weeks! I will check out adult ed, and a few more cities classes around here...hopefully something will cost less. If not...I will just keep on sort of tinkering with it. It is a lot of fun, I must say...even when you ain't feelin good! So here are my sicko garden bugs:
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And a venus flytrap for you carnivorous plant lovers! I know there are a few of you out there! LOL.
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As you can tell, I am bored out of my gourd. I hope I can get to work tomorrow...need to...loads of stuff to take care of there.
Have a happy rest of the week everybody!
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listen you, there's talent in these scrawls...this is how i started too, get some lessons adult ed will be good ...and happy animal wednesday, now you're hooked on this one too....ha ha got ya!
ReplyDeleteThose bugs are absolutely creepy... and I mean that in a good way...
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Julie! your little sketches show great promise. You are drawing what you see-they are recognizable and confident.
ReplyDeleteI am thrilled that you want to learn more (without going broke).
My advice (even if you don't want it) is to take a basic drawing class at a night school, tech school, where ever the cost is low. It will intoduce you to art. That is how I began,
After that class, but more so today, I learned to draw everything that interests you and to draw everyday.
If you have the desire you can do anything you want.
Best of all, and I learned this the hard way, the art police will not arrest you for bad art :)
If I can ever do anything to help you, please ask.
Oh, and the book that really got me interested and inspired is a book by Claire Walker Leslie, "Nature Drawing" and she has a few others as well.
Another good book is any of Hannah Hinchmans'. Also Cathy Johnson has a ton of books out.
I bet this is way more information than you wanted :)
That's a great Idea!! I look into doing that. I would love my stuff copy writed.
ReplyDeleteI hope you feel much better soon, Julie! It's good to see you have been putting the time to good use by drawing. I don't think you did too bad a job at all with the bugs and Venus fly trap. I firmly believe that the more you draw, the better you will become so maybe you won't need to worry about classes, just keep up the practise. :)
ReplyDeleteYour sketing ability must be pretty good because the bugs sure grossed me out! Vickie
ReplyDeleteBy the way - let's you and me have a Dotee exchange just between the two of us based solely on what we know of each other through the blog. Wanna try?
I just bought a venus fly-trap! looks just like your rendering! feel better!
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Thanks all...I appreciate your kinds words and advice too!!! Maybe I can get to being a better draw-er with the pencil one day! LOL...it's a lot of fun! Feeling better this evening...I think I will live!
ReplyDeleteNot bad at all. And I really like the flytrap.
ReplyDeleteYes, I should be doing some kind of art, any kind, but I'm just not feeling it. And I gave up on the bug comic-strip idea when I was about 12.
I have to laugh...first time to your blog and I am looking at my biggest fear...bugs!!! I agree with the other comment...you must be drawing great, because your bugs grossed me out! What a wonderful blog you have, seriously!! I am so glad I came to visit!
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Hey those bug pics are pretty cool
ReplyDeleteSoon you'll be graduating to making water colors of them.
how you feeling now? hope lots better. hugs.
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