Woodworking has gotten me a lot of respect from my male co-workers. Sometimes I get small pieces of wood from them, because they know I want something with which to practice. Today was slightly different: bamboo! We surmised this was leftover piece from a bamboo flooring. I can’t really do…
I forgot my phone at home, so I ended up drawing more on my way to and from my dance class. Forgetting my phone is actually really easy, so maybe I should do that more often. I don’t know why the lady below in the next drawing turned out to…
One more wood shaving drawing, i promise (for this week). This time it’s me smelling it. That looks a bit like me, I suppose. I normally close my eyes when I smell this, but if I did, then how could I make the drawing. I also got a bit impatient…
i can’t get enough of wood shavings! This is from a piece of wood that Jay brought in. I think he said it was Port Orford Cedar and smells simply divine and have a wonderful texture.
Meh. Today was an off day. Not everything went as planned. The best laid plans of mice and men and irene often go awry. But I went to my dance class and did my drawings anyway. yay! consistency!
In wood class, we planed some more. We need a class hamster or two to utilize all the wood shavings that the class produces. These are the shavings I produced from my plane on a piece of poplar. I saved some of the shavings because they’re so beautiful.
It’s a weird time of the year to be whitewashing a greenhouse, but hey, I just do as I’m told. I was attempting to do it with a homemade recipe I found online with the ingredients we had at work and the results was less than spectacular, but it looked a…
I am working on a new series of dioramas for a show I’ve committed myself to doing next year. I’ve got to have some images to send in to the curator this Saturday, so I’ve been focused on that a bit. Finally. After a three year hiatus. These are my…
Technically these are not insects. Insects have 3 pairs of legs. Arachnids have 4 pairs. These guys have 2. I work with these little guys. that I have to pick them up with an eyelash (mine) glued to a little wooden stick. They are eriophyid mites. Eri-what? They are just tiny…
I took a CPR and First Aid training class at work today. I wish I could have done more drawings there, but I guess I had to pay attention. After work, I went to my dance class, which was tough again. But on the way, I drew some people at…