h0t m0mm@...kinda sorta

I put about one hour and a half into this beginning of a sculpt. It is super rough but the shapes (the big ones) are a lot better..moving slowly along. I may get repetitious but need to do and redo until I start getting this. Yesterday in class I did pretty well on the 'drawing 180 degrees from what you see' exercise on the head (the body wasn't too bad either, but the head was best). On the body I have a habit of being 'visu@lly dyslexic', so drawing 180 degrees or even 90 from what I see I apparently do well except I switch the left and right foot haha. My prof had to sneak up to me before the model was done (two minute to six minute pose) to whisper 'you're doing so well...but you have the legs on the wrong side' LOL. And the model, Ke!th, was twisting and turning and everyone was holding their heads and yelling OYYYY!!!! As soon as our prof said "we're going to try these with the head" I said to myself YESSSS!!! while the rest of the class groaned LOL. And I owe most of this (although in part to life drawing) to sculpting. How I love thee. The turntable o cheapo (ie a l@zy Sus@n...if you're a poor student no need to buy a stand..just use one of these..I got mine..a six inch one which is just great for my small base and my larger one..for less than $5) Seriously, if you can sculpt a head (even if badly) it seriously helps your drawing understanding of the head. And what is sculpting if not just another skill in the toolbox. Plus, it's frustrating (anything is when you're learning) but FUN!!! I love it all...all of this is just the b0mb. Um..how did I survive without this all in my life? Anyways, spent 10.5 hours yesterday drawing and painting and another 6 today drawing and sculpting. Will start back painting (and do a little sculpting in between) tomorrow.