I've spent the past five weeks chasing my new kitty around the house, trying to keep her from attacking our dog. Scout, it seems, is not a kitten, but a 3-4 year-old, full-grown cat, according to our vet. She's adjusted well to living indoors and if she'd only stop being afraid of the dog and preemptively attacking, she'd be an absolute angel.
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The weather is becoming more summery and, partially as a response to this, I've been feeling more like making art. For the past six months or so, I've confined myself to doing monotonous stipples of photos, which has been therapeutic in that it was something that I never felt "allowed" to do while in art school; it was something that would have been, at best, condemned as "illustration" and I would have been deemed "uncreative" for copying photos. But it's something I do to unwind; it's not
all I ever do. So, now I'm feeling more like working from life. I have no shortage of inspiration with the flowers in the yard... Though, come to think of it, flowers would have been deemed cliche at school, but what the hell. I like flowers. So, I'm gonna take inspiration from flowers for now since they're available.
So, I'm gearing up for a trip to the University of Chicago for my brother's graduation this weekend. I'm gathering my sketchbooks, pens and pencils, and field watercolor kit to draw in Hyde Park. The U of C has the most amazing Gothic architecture. I hope I get a chance to draw some of it. If I do, I'll share it here. If not, I'll at least post photos.
I've spent the past five weeks chasing my new kitty around the house, trying to keep her from attacking our dog. Scout, it seems, is not a kitten, but a 3-4 year-old, full-grown cat, according to our vet. She's adjusted well to living indoors and if she'd only stop being afraid of the dog and preemptively attacking, she'd be an absolute angel..jpg)
The weather is becoming more summery and, partially as a response to this, I've been feeling more like making art. For the past six months or so, I've confined myself to doing monotonous stipples of photos, which has been therapeutic in that it was something that I never felt "allowed" to do while in art school; it was something that would have been, at best, condemned as "illustration" and I would have been deemed "uncreative" for copying photos. But it's something I do to unwind; it's not all I ever do. So, now I'm feeling more like working from life. I have no shortage of inspiration with the flowers in the yard... Though, come to think of it, flowers would have been deemed cliche at school, but what the hell. I like flowers. So, I'm gonna take inspiration from flowers for now since they're available. 
So, I'm gearing up for a trip to the University of Chicago for my brother's graduation this weekend. I'm gathering my sketchbooks, pens and pencils, and field watercolor kit to draw in Hyde Park. The U of C has the most amazing Gothic architecture. I hope I get a chance to draw some of it. If I do, I'll share it here. If not, I'll at least post photos.
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