Intermediate Drawing - Class #6
Tonight's art class went much better than last week, after a brief disappointment. You see, a couple of times I've shown up for class on time or a couple of minutes early to find that everyone else was already there, and that they seemed to have started already. This was starting to piss me off. This time I got there 15 minutes early to make sure that this wouldn't happen again. I was the first one there. Success! ...or so I thought. It turned out that the instructor got caught in traffic, and by the time she arrived we actually started 5 minutes late. = (
We were supposed to bring a final sketch of what we planned to put on the posterboard. I did mine on Monday, and was really happy with how it came out. I chatted a bit with some of the other students while we were waiting for the instructor to appear, which was nice. I've often felt like the outsider in the group, since I'm...well, the outsider in the group. It made me feel better to talk to some of the other people a bit. Got some compliments on my sketch, too.
The instructor brought various things for us to use on the posterboard, and I decided to try using pastel chalk, which I've only used once before. I'm not crazy about the stuff. It went okay, though, and gradually I started to become pleased with the progress I was making. At some point we were encouraged to get up and walk around and see what other people were doing, if we needed a break. This indirectly led to everyone eventually crowding around mine, and everyone complimented me on it. People who hadn't already seen my sketch also saw that when they were looking at the posterboard, and that ended up getting a compliment from everyone as well. It was sort of embarassing, but also nifty. Some people seemed mildly discouraged that they didn't think they were that good, but I reassured them that it's all just practice, and I think that they believed me. I'm not trying to brag when I tell people that I don't have much other formal art trainging...well, there's certainly some pride in there that I'm mostly self-taught. But I'm also trying to let people know how important practice is, and that they shouldn't think that they are any less talented or that they can't improve their skills.
I didn't finish my posterboard during the class, but neither did anyone else, so we'll be wrapping that up next time. I don't think I've got 2 hours of work left to do on it, though. I'm not sure what I'll do for the rest of the class next week. Sadly, it'll be the last class. We lost one due to that crazy snow the day of the first session. I'm a little disappointed that we aren't going to cover more with the class, but I guess it's been a mostly positive experience anyway.
We were supposed to bring a final sketch of what we planned to put on the posterboard. I did mine on Monday, and was really happy with how it came out. I chatted a bit with some of the other students while we were waiting for the instructor to appear, which was nice. I've often felt like the outsider in the group, since I'm...well, the outsider in the group. It made me feel better to talk to some of the other people a bit. Got some compliments on my sketch, too.
The instructor brought various things for us to use on the posterboard, and I decided to try using pastel chalk, which I've only used once before. I'm not crazy about the stuff. It went okay, though, and gradually I started to become pleased with the progress I was making. At some point we were encouraged to get up and walk around and see what other people were doing, if we needed a break. This indirectly led to everyone eventually crowding around mine, and everyone complimented me on it. People who hadn't already seen my sketch also saw that when they were looking at the posterboard, and that ended up getting a compliment from everyone as well. It was sort of embarassing, but also nifty. Some people seemed mildly discouraged that they didn't think they were that good, but I reassured them that it's all just practice, and I think that they believed me. I'm not trying to brag when I tell people that I don't have much other formal art trainging...well, there's certainly some pride in there that I'm mostly self-taught. But I'm also trying to let people know how important practice is, and that they shouldn't think that they are any less talented or that they can't improve their skills.
I didn't finish my posterboard during the class, but neither did anyone else, so we'll be wrapping that up next time. I don't think I've got 2 hours of work left to do on it, though. I'm not sure what I'll do for the rest of the class next week. Sadly, it'll be the last class. We lost one due to that crazy snow the day of the first session. I'm a little disappointed that we aren't going to cover more with the class, but I guess it's been a mostly positive experience anyway.
