C.A. Hall's Blog, page 6
March 12, 2015
Boomer
I created this character in 1988 & I probably haven't drawn him since the early 90's. Found old picture in box today and decided it was time to draw a new picture of him, like updating a family portrait. He's like an old friend. Drawing the shapes feels like jumping in a pool and remembering how wonderful the water feels around your body.
March 11, 2015
Interview with author Cathleen Miller
Cathleen Miller is a nonfiction writer &a professor in the MFA program at San JoséState University, where she teaches courses in creative nonfiction.Her latest work Champion of Choice, abiography of UN leader Nafis Sadik, was named one of the top biographies of 2013 by Booklist &the American Library Assoc.
CATHLEEN'SWEBSITE / CATHLEEN'S FACEBOOK PAGE
As someone who teaches writing, do you ever find yourself getting caught up in the mechanics of your own writing? If so, how do you cut through...
Urban Sketching
I started watching another class on Craftsy. This one is Sketchboks: Drawing the Everyday with Paul Heaston. After watching him draw some pretty amazing street scenes I thought I'd give it a try and all I can say is that urban sketchers deserve much more credit. I don't think I have the patience for it.
March 10, 2015
Auden Writing Schedule
Drawing these writing schedules is great way to kick my self in the ass. Everyone of them makes me feel lazy. I draw one at the beginning of the week and tasks it to my desk for the week, forcing me to state at it anytime I lift my head from working.
Most of the info for these come out of Mason Currey's Daily Rituals.
March 9, 2015
Baby Blues
Today's Baby Blues cracked me up. I just had to draw a small piece of it.
March 8, 2015
On Set Sketches
The last two days I've been helping to film a music video. 14 hours a day doesn't leave a lot of free time, but I tried to remember all of the this I've been pitching for the last year. If something is important to you then you will find time for it.
My daily sketches are important to me so I took a little pocket sketchbook with me yesterday and found a few slivers of time to do some quick pen sketches.
The first is of a piece of furniture on the set. This kind of starting is very difficult for...
March 7, 2015
Stanley Kubrick, Director: A Visual Analysis
by Alexander Walker, Ulrich Ruchti &Sybil Taylor
Notes & QuotesThe curiosity that served him in place of a need for community was the most driving part of his nature today.
In reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey:
“Here you are, sir” are the first words we hear, spoken by a receptionist on the Wheel to Dr. Floyd; the film started more than thirty minutes before. It is no accident that the routine formula recalls stock phases of welcome and farewell in use by airline personnel on earth today. The r...
More Charcoal
Tried out a wordless charcoal pencil today. It was definitely easier to keep clean and the pencil point makes it easier to control as well. I started with a medium but I wasn't happy with the quality of the black. The charcoal was rough and scratchy on the paper, which I hate.
I pulled out the soft charcoal and liked that better. I went over ever thing else. I also tried out one of the blending doobies. I've never been good at blending. Definitely something I need to practice.
March 5, 2015
Charcoal Audrey Mutant
I recently discovered Craftsy and saw a free class Draw Better Portraits by Gary Faigin. I've never worked with charcoal before and Faigin made it look so easy that I thought I'd give it a shot. (I happened to have some lasting around from a birthday present)
Though the results are not photographic perfection, I'm happy with them. I like to think of it as Audrey Hepburn filtered through Tim Burton's head.
March 4, 2015
Vonnegut's Writing Schedule
It's important to realize that talent plays such a small role when compared to dedication and effort. I'll likely be doing a series of these creative schedules as reminders to myself to keep pushing.
