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Friday, June 20, 2008

Showing up

You have to assume that things I've blogged about in the past as regular occurrences are ongoing. Puzzles. Bridge. Cooking. Reading. Yawn.

But it's been a while since I've mentioned the figure drawing. It continues on a twice monthly basis. Last night was the most recent session. I had to swap for an afternoon bridge session, so I arrived a bit tired and unprepared. Still, I think it was Woody Allen who made the quip about 95% of life being about "just showing up". By just showing up, I'm realizing I've churned out quite a number of drawings, and am beginning to get my sea legs again.

These are a mixture of very quick gesture studies (1-2 min) and some slightly longer ones - mostly in the 15-20 min range.


posted by sixty-five at 2:13 PM

5 Comments:

Blogger nina said...

Wow. I had no idea. How many hidden talents are there??

8:12 PM  
Blogger sukipoet said...

Wonderful drawings. You can really feel the mass of the human body, no easy task. I like the way you have made collages of them too. What part of the body do you find the most difficult to draw?

11:26 AM  
Blogger sixty-five said...

Hands and feet, where these relatively quick drawings are concerned. Not so hard when you have plenty of time.

1:19 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's many years since i did any drawing or painting. You're really good!
Sal
http://www.feelgoodforlife.com

3:28 PM  
Blogger Lynn Cohen said...

Wow, these are GOOD!!!

Oh, the last thing I need is a new blog friend, but we are the same age, and I thought (after finding you on Suki's blog) why not?
You just cannot have too many friends.

I appreciate your love of the garden too. I'll be back to read more later.

PS. I believe my life started anew at 65 too. (even though I still work, I've acquired lots of new hobbies in the art world).

12:12 PM  

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