tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826020463856688016.post4325592357582772946..comments2024-03-22T14:20:48.868-04:00Comments on Love, Lydia - Notes from a geeky, plus sized artist.: Days 153-154Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05147063157842791065noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826020463856688016.post-68642687717746699612014-06-06T15:45:34.989-04:002014-06-06T15:45:34.989-04:00Sorry it's taken me a while to respond. Indee...Sorry it's taken me a while to respond. Indeed, using them all by the end of the year would be incredible! I used to get a lot of journals, so I have lined paper galore, but will be heading out to get myself a new sketchbook this weekend. I think my biggest thought behind keeping a sketchbook is that I've never managed to do it....maybe I could say I did a bit in middle school, but I'd like to put in some real effort and maybe along the way become better too. I'll have to check out those videos, figure drawing can be very nice occasionally!<br /><br />We definitely have some interesting animals around, but I'm afraid more squirrels than anything. I just tend to ignore them more.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147063157842791065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826020463856688016.post-12965635215294732282014-05-31T21:18:32.986-04:002014-05-31T21:18:32.986-04:00I can relate the sketchbook issue, though in somet...I can relate the sketchbook issue, though in something of a reverse fashion. I received about six sketchbooks for Christmas this past year. It was little frustrating, in that "people only know me for one thing" kind of way. But then I thought "What if I used all of these by the end of the year? Think what I could do with that."<br /><br />Since school I'd mostly just been using sketchbooks for working out composition for projects. Now I draw at least a page a day and I've been using OnAirVideos free online figure drawing videos to keep up with refining my anatomy skills. https://www.youtube.com/user/onairvideo/videos<br /><br />Plus now I have smaller travel-size sketchbooks that easily fit in my Christmas gift cargo pants so I can draw in places I wouldn't have been able to do so before so casually.<br /><br />Good to see you've got some diverse backyard wildlife. Squirrels still make up the bulk of our population. Erik Johnson Illustratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184274387021011687noreply@blogger.com