drawing

Working on a sculpture, two paintings and took a 'night off' to work on some short pose drawings from life. The model was the beautiful Fey. Love her. My prof once said something to the extent that some models do give you everything 'on a platter'. Very true with her. A week from now I start on the crazy schedule (8 classes total) so it was nice to wind down for a week or two. I'm dreading all the paper and materials I'll be burning through, but R0selle was nice enough to give me a bunch of paint and medium last night. I'll definitely be using um...everything! I also have the most amazing teacher who is so motivational; he started when he was 38 to reconsider his career and ended up working on movies. He is the sweetest, most generous guy and teacher, and especially since he didn't take the typical art school approach, it raised my estimation of him that much more!And his work is so interesting...that has to be from HIM, and not from what he was 'taught' anywhere. He said that a lot of his movement and ease in sculpting throughout his life came back from his bamboo painting when he was young and the wrist movement, as opposed to the 'straight line' movement people have muscle memory for when you just are used to drawing with a pad on paper. Your sense of depth perception in your hand/eye/brain is better in the former. I have to say, having to pick and choose your own classes and work around work and just be exhausted some days and keep going, is a LOT harder than deciding you're going to put aside time for just doing school and school alone. I actually have never done 'just school'. When I was in college, I was doing a major, two minors, working three jobs and volunteering at the career centre to help persons with resumes, etc. I still feel a bit strange when I'm not doing that much or resting; it's my life. People tell me all the time "you only get four hours of sleep typically", but that doesn't seem to be a problem. I'll never be happy unless I'm DOING. In other news, I read yesterday that Art-making is good for things like Dementia and that people who do invest in learning and practising art are less likely when they get older to have Alzhe!mer's or Dement!a. I thought to be interesting, having a grandmother who suffers from both. I'm also interested in s!lverpoint..it's something I'd like to try, maybe in the near future as a medium.