Just Chuck
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I’m Chuck. I am retired as of December 31, 2023. I like playing guitar, listening to music, recording music, reading books and comic books, portrait and toy photography, writing and playing Pokemon Go. I don’t miss work at all.
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 8
Cool Koalas? Yep that is what Day/Lesson 8 was called. This lesson focused on using texturing as a shading technique rather than… you know, shading. After some textured balls, and who doesn’t love texturing balls, I drew a Koala. I … Continue reading
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 7
Almost caught up. Today is the 9th of January and I completed lesson 7. So I’m 2 days behind my plan to complete by the end of January. Day 7 lesson was Advanced-Level Cubes. Basically taking what was learned on … Continue reading
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 6
Doubled up on lessons and completed Day 6 last night. Stacking Tables. Moving on.
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 5
Can you believe I’m sticking with this drawing stuff? 5 days in a row. I’m thinking of double up tomorrow (Sunday) so I can finish exactly at the end of January. We shall see. Today’s lesson expanded on the Cube … Continue reading
You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 4
Tonight’s lesson was The Cube. Very interesting tips on how to draw a cube. Very helpful. Using guide dots and reference lines made it pretty straight forward and easy. And then adding the shading learned from previous days brought out … Continue reading
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 3
Day 3, Advanced Spheres. More spheres and more shading. How’d I do? I’m getting the hang of the shading, bu I can’t draw a circle if my life depended on it. The second grouping of various size circles I used … Continue reading
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 2
Third day of drawing but second day of lessons (first day was a pre-test drawing). Tonight’s lesson expanded on the sphere and use of shading, but using overlapping spheres to introduce 3 Laws of Drawing. 3 Laws learned tonight, plus … Continue reading
You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 1
Continuing with my drawing lessons from the book You Can Draw in 30 Days, tonight’s lesson was The Sphere. Learning to draw a simple circle is not enough. You need to learn to shade the circle to make it look … Continue reading
You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 0
As mentioned before, I purchased the book You Can Draw in 30 Days and started reading it today. The first activity is not really part of the 30 days of lessons, its a kick off day, I called it Day … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
And another empty promise to post more on this blog. yeah right. I’ve heard that before. Time just slips away and I’m lazy. I am rotating through some new hobbies. Perhaps I shall share more of that. Toy Photography continues … Continue reading
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