Many years ago I started the Artists Way Morning Pages. This is one of the pages, my version. I do 4 eight and a half by eleven pages every day. Sometimes I do more. Sometimes I do less. Most of the time, it's four pages. I started taking a Coursera class this week. Coursera is free college courses online. I submitted this drawing as my way of showing how I keep a sketchbook.It was our first assignment. The course is called Live! An art history course for artists, animators, and gamers. It is being offered by by Cal Arts, the art school Disney created, if my memory serves me correctly. I just finished my first week. I believe there are about eight weeks to go.
I am middle-aged, approaching old age. I am intimidated by this whole process. Many of the students are in their twenties. I understand the basics of this whole experience but find myself overwhelmed by the sheer number of words students use to communicate a point. I get lost and find the whole point gets lost. I don't know, maybe I am just old.
About Me
- Dale K.
- I am learning to share my artwork over the net. This is all new to me, so bear with me. I have been creating small watercolors of inspirational quotes for a number of years now. I work in a small format to simplify the works. I use a Rapidograph pen and Winsor and Newton paints. I spent some time in art school and still kick around the idea of going back.Art is a wonderful gift and I want to share it with others, I hope that my work reaches people in a way that my words can't. For me art has always been about healing. A way to move beyond the ugliness that sometimes exists in the world and to create something beautiful. I know that I may not create a work that is beautiful to everyone. I hope at that point the words may bring something to the experience, they are words that have meant a lot to me. Hopefully they say something that may reach others as well.