Exciting Shadows

I wrote this post over a week ago... don't as me why it took so long to post it...

Yesterday proved to be really productive. I spent most of the day finishing the really exciting shadow at the bottom of the drawing...the reason why I picked this particular photograph to work with. The middle (to the left of it) isn't dark enough, but what I think the bigger problem is is leaving the left side unfinished. I've encountered some problems with fading things out on this drawing. I don't even think I needed someone else to tell me I needed to add value to the left side. I already knew and just didn't want to face it. In a way tho, it's exciting for me to deal with such simple things as composition. It's almost refreshing to strip everything back and just focus on formal qualities. It's also nice to feel confident enough to make those decision on my own. Although I did need someone else to see it in order to face what needed to be done. I think a lot of artists do that. We are innately designers. Even though training helps, there is something natural about being able to judge things visually. We just don't trust ourselves. It's nice to have someone look at your work with you. It makes you confront things about it even if they don't utter a word. Tomorrow I'll add all the middle value in that needs to be there and then face the rest of the composition problems I've set up for myself in this drawing.

I went grocery shopping tonight. Just a quick trip I didn't feel like dealing with raw meat tonight. Is it sad that a quarter of what I bought had something to do with caffeine and alcohol? I'm supper excited that I finally found a wine I could trust. I always forget what wine I like so it's a surprise each time I buy some. Not this time! I knew it was gonna be delicious and I refuse to forget the name of it!.

On my way to the grocery store I stopped at Barnes and Noble for some coffee and book browsing. I saw one that was titled Women Who Think Too Much and seriously considered buying it. Not gonna lie sometimes I really feel like I'm a walking cliche (at least in my head). Like I could easily be narrating a movie or book on a day to day basis. Ok now I sound crazy. I'm not really I'm not.

In other news: I FINALLY saw inception and it really was the mind-blowing experience I knew it would be. I couldn't sit still the whole time. I kept cracking my knuckles and tapping my foot. I really loved it. It's ones of those movies that you can over-analyze to pieces. Since over-analyzing is a part of my daily life this movie felt like Christmas morning. There will never ever be a final say on anything. It's just what the viewer decides... because for everything you can go ... yes but ... anyways beyond the movie it just makes you think is all and I like that. I also really love the actors. There's something extremely comforting in trusting certain actors to pick good movies. I will always love Leonardo DiCaprio.....ever since Titanic. He's one of those actors that you can tell acts because it's something that he can't live without doing. It's the same thing with artists and musicians. I guess I just have a lot of respect for actors like this. And once again I love Joseph Gordon Levitt.....I have ever since he was in Angels in The Outfield... one of my favorite movies as a child.

There is a really large creepy spider spinning a web on my front porch. I'm too afraid to get rid of it. I keep expecting the spider to drop down from the ceiling or something and stare me down. I'm starting to feel like Ron Weasley.

I really hate that New American Paintings cost 20 bucks. There is just really awesome work in it. Especially this guys paintings. They caught my eye as I was flipping through and they are supper exciting. My brain is shot so I'm not even gonna bother to talk about them. They are just really beautiful formally and conceptually. P.S. His name is Gregory Thielker.

Since I wrote the post I fixed that sharp contrast on the left, but it's still not done. This drawing's at the point where it's going to be a constant struggle