daily drawing 11/30/2014
BART passengers! It’s dance day so I get to take BART to get to class and draw people, but today’s passengers moved around more and I’m kind of out of practice since I didn’t do it on Wednesday.
daily drawing 11/29/2014
Another material I’m using as part of my diorama.. leaves that have been skeletonized. I usually get these in January, after enough rain has fallen and the leaves have deteriorated enough to leave behind the veins but not too deteriorated or damaged by critters and other elements that the veins…
daily drawing 11/28/2014
I’m so behind in posting these. So many excuses, and here’s one of them: making dioramas. Here’s one of them I’m still making:
daily drawing 11/27/2014
I know these do not look so appetizing– especially the way I’ve drawn them, but I swear they were. I’ve had not much time to make drawings lately. Work has been pretty busy and I’ve been staring at my own microscope at home, coming up with ideas for the new dioramas.…
daily drawing 11/26/2014
So this is the weed I’m focusing on. It’s Salsola tragus, also known as Russian thistle (but that’s a misnomer because it is not even a thistle or even in that family, but it’s spiny, so it’s reminiscent of a thistle) and it’s also known as tumbleweed. Yes, it’s the tumbleweed…
daily drawing 11/25/2014
This is the culprit for my worsening eyesight. That and getting older.
diorama work in progress part 2
i guess i really need to put this down before i can go to sleep.
daily drawing 11/24/2014
I’ve been staring into the microscope so much recently, I’m probably going to get glasses soon. Staring into the microscope for long periods of time is bad and recently I’ve been spending 5-6 hrs doing it. I should get hazard pay! Anyway, this plant is Bassia hyssopifolia and I have…
daily drawing 11/23/2014
Our woodworking class teacher invited us to go to his house for a shop party! I was really excited because he’s such a character and so down to earth, and I’ve learned so much from him and from the class. I was really happy to see that his shop is…
daily drawing 11/22/2014
This looks a little like me, but not really. After wood class, I had to go to work and stayed for over 5 hours, so I’m tired.