Art Spirals

I've started taking life drawing lessons, and wow, I've learned so much in the two classes so far! it's exciting to learn how to break down figures (or trees, landscapes, etc.) into basic shapes, get the proportions right, and then refine. as I suspected, the skills learned apply to much more than just drawing people. And drawing people is not really what I'm interested in. I'm much more interested in closeups of nature, almost to the point of abstraction, and beautiful architecture. today is another class...can't wait! so here are some pics from last week:

From Drawing 2008

From Drawing 2008

From Shiva

I'm calling this yoga because the colors are what I breathe in (the
cooler aquas blues ocean colors) and I breathe out the warm yellow
alive greens. This is how I visualize myself breathing when practicing.

I pulled out bits and bobs and combined them, the blue petals on a
stem are actually the freezer paper pattern I used to make the leaves
for the other shiva piece that became the bird of paradise postcards I
made earlier for this swap, shown here.

From Shiva

From Shiva