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 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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Another Toy Photography post on my Instagram
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Tagged guitar, jimi hendrix, McFarlane Toys, rock, Toy Photography, woodstock
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Happy Halloween. A micro-fiction story I threw together 15 years ago
Campouts are always fun The campfire crackled at the feet of the human circle; a fading yellow and orange flame flickered and popped as smoke and embers floated skyward into an unusually dark night. Even the full moon seemed engulfed … Continue reading
I’m Baaaack…. sort of
Keeping up a blog is tough work when you have a day job and your life is somewhat predictable and boring. Let’s try this again. I’ve been working on my toy photography (another hobby, see my other post on hobbies). … Continue reading
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Tagged black and white, frankenstein, McFarlane Toys, monster, photography, Toy Photography
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