...is amazing. Especially in San Francisco. It's exactly what I want in my life right now. Interesting people. Art of all forms everywhere. Teachers that tell me hard work and dedication pay off. I don't know if I've ever wanted anything more in my life than I want to succeed here.
The phrase "People who had to move to think." from Sir Ken Robinson's 2006 TED talk keeps resounding through my mind. This really does feel like home. This hive of creativity, talent and passion that is art school. I feel like there are some people that I can talk with rather than atabout art. I've met some people with a fervor in their voice that I notice myself talk with sometimes and it both inspires and calms me.
I'm taking a course that is an introduction to Photoshop which is fun and improving my speed with the program. The curriculum has some fun projects coming up throughout the semester. However, the class I'm ecstatic to go to even when I'm tired is Analysis of Form which is a foundations class for photorealism drawing. I love it. I have never been a perfectionist before, but this class makes me want to be able to do everything as precise as humanly possible. I hang on every bit of instruction my teacher (David Choong Lee) gives me and I do studies at home on the reg. Below are a few samples from the first two weeks of class.
The first is black and white charcoal 9x12 and the second and third are black charcoal on 18x24 paper:
The cup isn't perfect, the top ellipse is a little wonky. I was doing it at home and I used some white charcoal to try and make the glass highlights stand out more, which is not allowed in class. I think I'll do something similar or chrome on some mid toned paper. The ball is done and could probably use a little more touching up, but it was more an exercise so I won't bother with it. The drapery is only at the blocking in stage though. I have a few hours of getting the values perfect and fine detailing still to go. Man I love art.
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