a photo an hour

i enjoy reading these types of posts. i love seeing a "day in the life" of people. famous and ordinary. i like knowing how people "do it".
i came across one blog that asked for readers to link their photo an hour posts. http://amymorby.com/2012/03/21/a-day-in-the-life-suckas/#idc-container
well, here's my attempt to do one too :)

9am: cocka doodle doo; i don't do coffee

10am: showered & dressed; baxter has to do his business. a gorgeous day today!
i do love my neighborhood!

11am: painting class meets here today to see the exhibit "30 americans"

1pm: lunch; cheap and easy

2pm & 3pm: i can't seem to separate myself from the sofa; wonderful nap!

4pm: trip to the vet; getting ready to start doggie daycare next week

6pm: waited for the rain to stop; time to make groceries

8pm: dinner! teriyaki chicken, rice, sauteed sugar snap peas. yum!

9pm: felt like making a cake; checked email, read some blogs,
felt guilty for not working on my drawing assignment

11pm: time for netflix

not too productive today. that nap seemed to really fast forward my time. maybe i can blame it on the pollen. obviously i needed it! doing this was fun. i think i will do it again. it helped me be mindful of the moment, something i strive to do more of. i also enjoy having my camera with me wherever i go.
after this movie i will spend a few hours working on my drawing. i don't have to go to work tomorrow so no alarm clock! baxter gets to meet the people and other dogs at the doggie daycare in the morning. this will be his first time doing anything like this. i feel like he's starting kindergarten or something!

my alter ego

another dandy assignment. my alter ego? the first thing that came to mind was a confident, outgoing woman who has rhythm and is coordinated. someone proud to be under a spotlight posing in front of everyone. that is not me. i decided to do a young lady with dreadlocks(i've always wanted them myself)  in a bikini and roller skates under a disco ball. for some reason i thought it had to be in charcoal. i use to love charcoal but it's been too long since i played with it. doing the fine details of a face was so frustrating. granted, i did not work on this piece very long. this was my second attempt and i erased that face a few times to start over. maybe i should have used charcoal pencil for the face. i struggled, again, and kept whining that i didn't know what i was doing and having all these self doubts. of course,  i expected some negative comments from the instructor during the critique. but he surprised me. he thought the composition worked. it was balanced and he pointed out the forms, not a figure, but the actual forms. then he talked of intuition and how sometimes a person can work strictly from intuition and not even realize they are using the proper principles and elements of design. what a confidence booster that was! thank you mr. irby!
so back to the drawing board. i will definitely work on this one before turning in my final portfolio at the end of the semester.