[Raven Kushner]

Hi, Tanya,

Thank you! No, it’s definitely never too late. It’s less about age and more about honing your skills and voice, and finding your target audience. Plus, the median age is getting older, not younger. Art never ages. And there are more opportunities to connect directly with an audience than ever before in history. Let’s get after it! 🙂

[Raven Kushner]

Day 15

I finished my project drawing and am starting in on the monthly challenge. I’m planning to do a Warhol-style drawing, coloring in the background once I’m done.

[Raven Kushner]

Day 14

I decided to keep working on my own project and start the skull once I’m finished. I’m almost there. I’m intimidated by the skull and the contest, but I think it’ll be good for me.

[Raven Kushner]

Day 13

Coincidentally, I am on the skull section of the Russian Drawing Course and the skull is the monthly challenge this month. I saw that the section was moved – at first I thought it was removed! In any case, I have decided to take on the challenge of the skull contest. I will have to interrupt the drawing I am working on to get the skull done on time. My lofty goal is to do a drawing and a painting of the skull and submit whichever one I like the most. Today I continued with the drawing I’m working on and listened to Glenn Vilppu’s Gesture Drawing class. I actually wrote a letter of thanks to the support team because I love him and his class so much!

[Raven Kushner]

Day 12

I watched some of the drawing, gesture, and painting classes today. I’m keeping my focus on drawing but since painting is the goal, I watch a little of the portrait and landscape classes when time allows. It’s helpful actually because you hear a lot of the concepts repeated and see how they apply in different mediums. Below are some 10 second and 2 minute gestures as well as my ongoing personal drawing project. I will start working on the skull soon, though, because I want to throw my hat into the Discord contest, just for fun. Plus, Halloween is my favorite holiday, so there’s no way I can pass up the excuse to make something creepy!

[Raven Kushner]

Day 11

Today I continued on in my Russian drawing class to the skull. We haven’t gotten to the assignment yet, so I did some gesture drawing (3 minute posses) and started another drawing. Today I was really battling fatigue. I had to keep rewinding the lesson (I’m so glad that’s possible, unlike in a classroom!). I also chose a hard pose for my drawing. This is why goals are so important. When it starts getting tough, reminding yourself of why you’re doing all this is what keeps you going! 🙂

[Raven Kushner]

Awesome, thank you! I’m a bit obsessed, so of course I will join!

[Raven Kushner]

Today I started with a 20 minute warm up, 3-minute poses, before getting into my drawing of the head planes. I’m considering the head drawing finished, though I could continue shading it forever. Like all art, it looks better in person, but I’m satisfied for now. I’m not sure how many hours I put into it, but it was plenty.  I can really feel myself applying what I’m learning in class, which is awesome.

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[Raven Kushner]

Day 9

Today was my last day in the drawing Foundations class. Next time, it’ll be Level 2, The Figure. I’m looking forward to an in-depth study of the figure. Although I’ve drawn plenty of heads, I’ve never tried doing this kind of planar version. The construction was really challenging. What I like about the drawing class, though, is that each exercise I’ve done truly does prepare you for the next set of lessons. I really like Ilya’s class and wish he could look over my shoulder while I’m working. I think that would speed up the process! Nevertheless, I’m grateful to have access to such a great teacher.

[Raven Kushner]

Hello Deep,

I recently moved from California to Houston. And I’m new here at the Academy. Nice to meet you and good luck with your studies!😁

[Raven Kushner]

Day 8

Today I worked on painting. I prefer abstract painting, but I’m working on realism this year. This project, below, is a mixture of abstract and realism. It’s a work in progress. I also watched some of the landscape painting class, which is really great. I will probably watch some of the drawing class after dinner and practice if there’s time. I also finished up my drawing from yesterday last night.

[Raven Kushner]

It was fun to scroll through and watch your process. Keep up the good work!

[Raven Kushner]

Day 7

I finished up the light and shadow assignment. I’m really looking forward to moving on to the lessons in the figure.

[Raven Kushner]

Day 6

I’m at the end of the Light and Shadow portion of Iliya’s drawing class. I would have had to measure and really study to get the polygons more accurate, but since this was an exercise in light and shadow, I focused primarily on that.

[Raven Kushner]

Day 5

Gesture drawing again, my nemesis. I can get a likeness when I spend a lot of time measuring, but when doing gestures, I lose the proportions. It’s not automatic yet. Nevertheless, on the plus side, I’m getting better at communicating the gesture. It’s clear what I was going for, even though it still looks cartoonish and off.

I don’t think the second image posted correctly, but I have to get to work. Till tomorrow…

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