Feels like I am in the confession booth! No, seriously, I have neglected to update due to various reasons and also to laziness :D
We are now exactly 6 months back in our beloved country. Lots have happened on the news front, on the music side for Gideon and work wise for David. For Danté life is just a breeze as he takes it as is and go with the flow.
I have started to attend art classes and will have to throw away all that I thought I knew about art, as I am re-learning the basics in a VERY different way. I thought I would step in and just start painting as I have been around a bit, but NO, it does not work that way! I have to do the drawing part first before I can do any other courses! So I agreed. I nearly fainted when I had to do my first exercise. Drawing lines! Straight lines, then lines that crossed, then lines that curved, and then curled. No rulers allowed. Measure with your pencil and look toward the dot where your line must end to draw straight lines. I had such a headache after 2 hours..... I needed my coffee and I needed it strong! But I actually enjoyed learning to control my trusted pencil better. The next lesson was about drawing perfect circles and ovals using just your pencil and your pencil as your measure tape, that was fun and educational! But I still needed my coffee and it still had to be strong!
The follow-up lesson was about tonal value and a different kind of cross hatching I have ever experienced. Time consuming, but the results phenomenal!
Last Tuesday I had to draw the face using the circle measurements and line drawing exercises previously done. Needless to say I goofed. My lines were a bit crooked! Had to do it again! I also learned that I needed reading glasses to draw all these intricate lines! I bought myself some reading glasses and voilà! I can see again! The face drawing was perfect. (At least I think so!)
Homework for the face drawing is the shading and highlights bit. I will do that tomorrow, as today was a bit hectic and yesterday was just off the scale hectic. As it is school holidays, I try to spend some time with Danté.
We opened a bank account for him yesterday so that we can teach him the value of saving :D :D yeah, big big job laying ahead of us
Gideon decided to spoil me tremendously and got me an IPhone! I wanted an Iphone since it came out and because of the price tag, never thought I would get one in my lifetime. Lo and behold!!! I got one! I am the happiest chappie in the world. It has huge advantages, for instance I do not have to use my glasses to read anything on it. It is SO userfriendly and most of all, it is mine! Love it, love it love it!!!!
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