Time to send 'er in!

It's been said before... progress, not perfection!

I've shaded about as much as I can shade and I've drawn and redrawn as much as I can. Time to let it go.

These are all the pieces for this next-to-last assignment. I want to publicly thank everyone who has commented on my progress, especially those who encouraged the dream.

And I lift up a prayer to all those who don't believe in dreams, don't believe in the passions of the heart directed towards God above. May we always be what we are, and be it well!

Lord, if this is the talent you have given me and want me to use, then may that always be enough of an excuse for me to plow ahead and do it. Deo Gratias!

Face parts

This is yet another practice assignment for my AIS (Art Instruction School) work. The face parts are already there, the exercise is to shade them adding tone and texture. In my 30 minutes this morning, I was able to get a lot done. You can see an unfinished outline drawing in the bottom left corner.

Tomorrow... part DEUX!

AIS lesson 21

This is assignment 21 from the Art Instruction School: Arranging your picture. I have been putting this one off for MONTHS which is the advantage and curse of home study programs. Life keeps getting in the way. Anyhoo... the idea was to take a photo composition and to rearrange it so that the small shed is the focus of the drawing. I agonized over this one for months and finally just said "the heck with it" and drew it up. So this is the final work and I'm sending it in today.

I think this is the perfect example of my friction in art: when the artist comes up with every excuse in the book to NOT complete a project. Nevertheless, the deed is done. Hooray for me!