This post contains figure drawing and thus potential nudity for artistic purposes.
I’ve been working in this area for a while and am addicted to smoothies. This is the result
Every since my grandmother died, I’ve been desperately trying to catch up on the work I had to put off for a few days. I didn’t realize that I had scheduled myself so tightly without foresight of mishap. The minute I had to put things off for a few days, I ended up permanently behind.
I’m just going to go through my week step by step with some images sprinkled in.
Monday: Symposium
The first presentation of my process towards illustrating my first children’s book! I’m so excited about this project, but it, like many other things, has been stressing me out. Because I combined work with school, I have put the book on a schedule that forced me not to work on it when I had time, and to work on it when I had the least spare time of all. Darn honors program. My author seems very happy with the work so far, though, which is giving me a lot of hope!
Tuesday: Rally at Avila
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has planned to cut funding for students attending private colleges like Park University. I currently attend Park on this funding and can’t imagine being cut loose with only a year to go. I found that the funding probably won’t be cut during my stay at the university, but it’s still disconcerting for students who may get their funding cut just short of their senior year. Sometimes public schools are not a perfect fit for everyone! Missouri budget cuts should not have to be on the backs of students whose future is at stake. Tuesday was the rally against the cuts.
Wednesday: Drawing Preliminaries and 3D reliquary project due
I do not have my prelim posted as I didn’t have much to offer, though I’ve replaced it with a figure drawing I was rather proud of.
The reliquary project was to design a container for something important to you. I chose my grandfather’s pocket watch.
Thursday: Art History Test
For some strange reason, my 2D teacher keeps showing up rather late to my class. By at least 20-30 minutes. I really hate being rude about it, but I often end up leaving before he arrives. I have so much on my plate right now that losing 20-30 minutes of a day seems unfathomable.
Friday: Lecture over Children’s Book Illustration and Buyout for WOF
After giving a ten minute presentation over the progress of my children’s book, I headed directly to work to open up the stand for the first time since October. To make matters more stressful, Rich Kaman and our regional manager were also in the park.
Saturday: Real Opening Day followed by Late Night work
I think everything went relatively smoothly on caricature’s end, though I did spend a whopping 13 hours at the park. The employees we have are wonderful and I’m starting to settle more into my role as supervisor.
That night was spent working for three more hours from midnight to three AM three hours away doing some more drawing. By the time I got home at 4:30 AM, I was exhausted, but day three of WOF was just around the corner.
Sunday: Final day of the first weekend
Today actually went really smoothly. No complains here!
Upcoming: 10 page paper and two 18×24″ drawings due between Tuesday and Wednesday
Which is why I should probably get some rest. Take care!
Something I’ve been working on but have not had time to finish in between all of this. Hopefully for my living room.
