Resolutions

[bunn]

 I don't think I made any resolutions last year.  

Resolutions for 2008 have mostly been achieved.   I did lose a stone in weight (we will pass over the 4 pounds I have regained over Christmas...)  and I did do quite a bit to the garden.   I don't think I have achieved the 'more decisive' but possibly I have drifted to the point where I've at least got stuck on something and aren't drifting that much further. 

This year I shall
1) do the weight thing again, though rather aware that it took 2 years to shift the last one!

2) learn how to draw human heads and bodies properly.    I tend to just randomly draw stuff that interests me and have no training, so it is probably not surprising that I am not good at faces.  I have bought a couple of books, and am working through the one on the human head now. 

I can't decide whether to make a third resolution to try to make more money.  I can think of several ways to do it, but it might make me less happy and relaxed - though admittedly, being less poor would be cheering and relaxing in its own right.   Hum.  will reflect on this matter. 

Comments

[tovaglia.livejournal.com]

Good luck in your resolutions!

re your (2) - I used to really enjoy life drawing classes and would recommend them (I haven't managed to find any nearby classes since I moved up north). In particular I learnt to draw human heads and bodies as they really are in normal people - ie somewhat saggy, imperfect and interestingly asymmetrical, rather than the either very lucky or surgically/CGI-enhanced individuals you tend to see in films. From my day job I know that the apparently "perfect" individuals are actually abnormal, or at least very unusual, and it is the "imperfect" type of individuals that are the real ones.

Our patriarchal society is saturated with soft-focus, soft-porn images intended to titillate men. I think life drawing is great because we need to retrain our eyes to see bodies as they really are. Saggy bits can be beautiful too :-)

[bunn.livejournal.com]

The problem with classes here is that everything is so far away. I think there are some in Liskeard, but it's a bit of a trek in the evenings.

I am not sure I agree with you that soft focus images of perfection are a product of exclusively male preference. Women often seem to be if anything pickier and crueller about that sort of thing.

In the short term however, I will settle for making something that is identifiable as an individual.