30 Day Challenge - 2012

"Pudge"

Woo hoo and on to The New Year.

Some health stuff is still "argh"ing me. Others - well, just had to make the decision to Move On and Deal with the Day.

This month's Challenge: Focus on Getting the Bears out into The Universe. In professional manners, goofing off attempts, asking people to considering adding them to shops and galleries, more drawing in public, etc, etc, etc and more etc.

No Excuses.

Do the Deed. Do the Deeds.

Now is the time to put stuff on Deviant Art, MN Artists - the sites I join but don't DO anything in. DO STUFF. Almost every day.

The bears can't make folks smile and sigh if they stay hidden on shelves, in sketchbooks, and inside a computer's hard-drive. They can't type themselves out into the universe. They are depending on you to hit those keys.

Keep working on Pudge's brother. Yes, I know. He doesn't like the working title of "Pretty Bertie," but, darn - he IS a good-looking bruin. And it's fun to mess with pastels again.

After blocking this new guy in I chose 15 pastels as the only ones to finish the work. Creating boundaries often helps The Deciding. The deciding has already been done. Now one must simply work with the tools set out. On to Values - Darks & Lights. Oh, I love those darks and lights. And then the fun working with subtle "not-real-bear" tones. These bears are sculptured emotions. (Am I blithering here? - doesn't matter) 3-D folks on a 2-D surface. Must remember basics: squint, mirror, make some marks, step back and consider. There is no rush.

Have been reading CLASSICAL DRAWING ATELIER, by Juliette Aristides, published by Watson-Guptill Publications. We forget the great value of learning the skills of academic drawing. Might be the basis of another 30 day Challenge - although this book outlines the beginning of a serious four-year study course!

So - on to the picking up some broken shards of 2011 Hopes & Plans, and on to the creations of 2012.

May you find time today to draw, paint, write a letter, bake bread, walk the best dog in the whole wide world, or smile at a person that might need a smile.

Fare-thee-well,

Sue