Before life drawing, I really didn't know what blogs were about, but I had read some and they seemed to just be people venting about whatever they wanted, and people commenting on random things. It took me awhile to get used to, but blogging to me is just like keeping an online journal of your experiences on a certain topic, ours being Life Drawing.
The thing I enjoy most about blogging would be the satisfaction of showing others your work and the ease of sharing visual imagery back and forth without having to meet face to face. Blogging also helps to organize our drawing process and to analyze what we have done in class as each week passes, whether it be on the mannequin or just drawings done in class. The only frustrating thing about keeping a blog is remembering to update it regularly and to critically analyze your drawings after ignoring most of what you had learned up to the point in class.
I have been trying to post about other things as well to get the weekly requirements for class but it's hard, for me at least, to share feelings about a drawing or my work as an artist, but I really would like to get better at that. Something that I have not yet posted about but would like to is information about graphic design and specific designers that inspire me when I am working on projects not relating to life drawing.
Having students in groups helps to split up what each of us is required to look at and to comment on. I try to comment at least once a week on each of my group members posts, but it is hard when not everyone keeps their blogs updated, so sometimes there is a lack of comments on my part. I will definitely try and work harder on checking and responding to my groups blogs, as well as keeping my own up to par. No one would want to respond to my blog if I had not contributed to theirs as well.
I like the blog assignments so far but if I got to assign one blog assignment to the class, it would be to do a drawing outside of class. All you would need is one person to sit still for an hour while you draw them, and if not you would just take a picture of them in a random pose and draw from that. =D
How would I rate my blog up to this point? As far as being helpful to group members and responding to their posts, I would probably rate myself on the lower end but definitely hope to improve as the rest of the year goes on. In terms of image quality and trying to represent myself professionally, I would have to rate that somewhere in the middle to higher end because I do actually put time into a post when I make one and also compositionally, try to keep the whole blog from looking messy and unattractive.
I look forward to seeing the end result of the blog after the class has completed!
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thanks, jerod. i am always going back and forth between drawing people outside of class or not: some people would be able to find willing models. some not. we do have open drawing sessions, though, so that would be one option.
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