From 'A Haunting' to Snow!

Today has been quite a day even though I had only one class and it ended at 10 am. I'm starting to feel the weight of homework assignments once again. For my Drawing Studio class we had to do a 18"x24" line drawing that should take us approximately three to four hours. I managed the four hours, with a few food breaks and phone calls home here and there. I am extremely happy with my finished piece; it looks all cool and linear. I got quite a lot of eraser bits on my pants and on the floor; however, it's not as bad as the 14 charcoal drawings which had me breathing charcoal profusely (my snot came out black!).


Here's it is!! Just as I started sketching out all of the shapes of my random objects, I realized I had to blow my nose really badly! Too late!

While drawing, my room mate and I watched two episodes of 'A Haunting'. That show tells the story of real ghost experiences and hauntings people had. Along with interviews, the shows has actors play out the story (there are a lot of fast camera bits with faces and bodies imposed over the video making it really spook, at least for someone like me who can't even stand watching trailers for scary movies!). Well, after watching two hours of this show, I didn't want to be left in the room alone. So when my room mate went to the gym, I went to the library. One of my favorite things to do at the library is pick out a couple of books from the Juvenile section and sit near a window to read. Today, I picked out the book Snow by Uri Shulevitz. I really like Shulevitz's style and will add him to my contemporary artist list.


There was one figure in the book, Mother Goose, who intrigued me the most. Shulevitz made her nose and chin curve like a cresent moon (so she looked like the man on the moon with a body attached!). I really like that and did my own drawing inspired by that.

This guy, I've decided, is a guard to the king of the moon people's castle (who live on the moon). He doesn't look like a happy fellow; he probably is bored of just standing next to a moon rock wall. I had left all of my drawing pens in my backpack, which was back in my room, so I had to draw this picture with just my markers. I love those markers; sometimes cheap art materials are the best!