Posts Tagged ‘creativity’

Journal Comic #1: The Art of Sucking

Just something I’m trying, folks.

Taking Shortcuts

In one of my figure drawing classes, we had a series of assignments where we had to copy the human figures in over 20 famous paintings.  We were supposed to draw them on large sheets of paper.  It was a really tough assignment, especially if we had to copy from paintings depicting a crowd scene.
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The Writer’s Life: The importance of solitude and fresh air

“…a writer works alone, indoors, in a room, on a chair, with the door shut.  Any young person who wonders what his or her chances are of becoming a writer ought to assess their ability to deal with solitude and, figuratively speaking, an entire working life thrashing around in inspissated darkness.  It has been said [...]