As a quick recap for anyone who hasn't be following, I started out 2020 stating that I would do twelve, one-month challenges. January's challenge was to resurrect this blog and write a post every day. February's challenge was to dust off my Sony a6000 camera and take a photo every day, while working to establish …
After my first self portrait attempt, I'm trying to deconstruct the process and to establish a meta-learning protocol for how to improve over the next month. Some stages will emphasize basic fundamentals, such as drawing shapes, that are universally applicable to any kind of drawing. Others are more specific to drawing the human form, and …
For the first day of this challenge, inspired by another blogger's challenge, I thought I would give a self-portrait sketch a try. That way I can do another one at the end of the month and compare. So I found an old picture and in 40 minutes came up with this: Day 1: First Self …
Recently I went through a Self Portraits class on Skillshare. I was inspired by the creator's upbeat attitude, as well as some of the camera placements she used for the shots, like putting the camera in the dryer or refrigerator. It reminded me of watching Good Eats, in which Alton Brown was one of the …
Chortles and Harrumphs 