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2010 - I made it!

The first moments of the new year finds me in deep contemplation of my path as an artist. I think this year is the perfect time to start really pushing the envelope and see what I can do. Saw Avatar with my family tonight to ring in the new year - it was perfect and beautiful and inspiring and wow - ooooh wow. The perfect way to ring in the new year. Blessings to you all - may this year find you inspired, creating, and happy!

Drawing People

So I'm a bit out of practice drawing people. A dear friend asked me to draw some images for her. I tried and had a hard time. My publisher and friend recommended "How to Draw Lifelike Portraits from Photographs" by Lee Hammond. It is an excellent book and helped a great deal in the techniques and tools needed to do what I was struggling with. I had a book, the tools, and a fear in my gut that I wouldn't do well I couldn't get rid of. Through the year I have had many distractions some life made some self made. Yet the fear remained. I couldn't pin point it or even find it. I just knew every time I tried to draw the images something would go wrong and it would come out looking more like Frankenstein than the wonderful adorable children it was supposed to look like. Yesterday my determination kicked in. I can do this, I know I can do this, I've done it before successfully - so what is the issue. Come hell or high water I decided I was going to tack...