Benalene

Good news! I have been taking more pictures! But my scanner sucks under linux, so once I get it hooked up to a mac or windows, I will try to upload some pictures. I really need to find a professional scanner. There are several drum scanners in the city, but they are expensive. Probably worth it, though. I believe there is also a darkroom with an 8x10 enlarger that I have been meaning to give a shot. Other than that, not much going on. Look for another update in about a year! (hopefully not...)

I need to find a way to make the human form more interesting for me to learn. Animals, especially the mammalian kind, have always fascinated me, and drawing them has always been fun and for the most part easy. Drawing the human form is like pulling teeth! I don't know what it is. I have anatomy books and tons of reference photos saved on my hard drive, but when I sit down to really study and practice drawing the form, I just go blank. My hand stiffens up. My eyes glaze over. I mean, I can draw the human form *ok*, but it just doesn't *feel* right. It doesn't have the substance that I see in some other artist's galleries. I know I could be rea

I am coming up on 10,000 page views, and am considering doing a small kiriban for it. So be watching for it! I feel inspiration and motivation slowly coming back from their long hiatus. I am feeling more creative than I have in a long time. Which is good! I still have some commissions to finish up! I think it has taken me so long to do them because I just have not been feeling up to it, and if I do art when I am not in the mood, then it sucks. However, I am reminded of the book Dune, where Paul is not in the "mood" for fighting and Gurney teaches him a lesson. Sometimes, it doesn't matter if you are not in the mood, if your life depends on i