Graduation is weeks away, so I'm focusing on getting everything done. But I'm also continuing to create art and work of my skill. Here's another piece of fan art with pen and colored pencils [ https://forums.cubebrush.co/t/joe-art-blog/9486/14 ]
1 month later
I have graduated with my undergraduate degree. Going through the school system has turned my creativity into something without any joy ( I'm sure this feeling is relatable ). I've decided to start over with ART School, with Term 1 next month. Monthly updates were a nice attempt, but I will be going back to posting my progress at least once a week. My ultimate desire with ART School is to keep learning and growing my art with each passing year, on my road to mastery. I'm so ready to have fun and joy with my art again. 
Okay, Term 1. I'm basically taking what has been given with the assignments and making them my own. Anyway, this is the beginning of my 2022 ART School journey: 
So that's that! I will be working through the assignments over the course of the month.
I may be getting ahead of myself already getting into the more complex shapes, but here's the beginning of the perspective assignments. I've lowered the opacity of the horizon line, outlines, and the vanishing point to make it less visually distracting.
A lot of the things that appear to be extremely visually complex on the surface have been things I've found to be easier to understand once broken down into smaller, simpler shapes and forms.
The observation assignment has made me look at the world in a different, I'd say, more beautiful way. It's as if everything can be seen as a puzzle for me to solve, where I am perplexed with the task of understanding it as such a fundamental level that I can draw it and actually break it all down in my mind. Anyway, I'll keep learning and observing..see you soon!
First off, here is a 2-point perspective practice. I simply went for a single cube, but sculpted it a little ( making it accurate is what I'm after ). I even went ahead and tried to tackle having a light source next to it ( which I feel was a mistake, since looking back it feels like it was too much to try and achieve at once ).
And then here are more gestures!
I'll leave with the thought I've had recently that it seems no matter how much I learn and improve, there is no "destination" ( really! ), because there will always be more to learn. And so I've learned to focus on the journey, this moment here and now, the hard way. But in any case, I'll see you soon with more progress!
Great mindset to have! Keep going
This post is just a simple one, with gestures. I'm finding myself stepping back and reflecting on how I've been working at this so far, looking to the future. I decided to get out of my comfort zone with overly focusing on the outlines themselves with a session of 10-second gestures. That way, I'm changing things up and developing a way for my eyes to swiftly pick up on overall forms.
I'll see you soon!
That is quite impressive for 10 seconds! Gesture drawing is by far the hardest part of the program for me. Keep it up!
Alright, some actual work! I decided to try and tilt the horizon line ( it was tough to figure out a perpendicular line to it ), and put the right vanishing point out of the canvas. It was good to try and further challenge myself, and I feel there is still so much more for me to learn. Feel free to add your constructive feedback on this.
And here are more gestures, only they were made with my left hand ( I haven't drawn anything with it since over a year now ). It might just be me, but I'm thinking I may have actually been left-handed this whole time and didn't even know it. Perhaps as I draw more with my left hand, I'll be able to come to a decisive conclusion.
Anyway, that's all for now! I'll see you soon.
Looking great for 30 sec gestures keep it up!
