Fall College Schedule

Elementary Italian I: should help if i ever go on an art trip through italy
Intro to Philosophy: always good to contemplate existence as an artist
Fundamental Studio: Drawing I: taking this one for obvious reasons
Art History: Renaissance through Modern Art (honors) : pumped i got into the honors class for this, fairly excited to take it
Topics in History: Ataturk: Turkey's Secular Revolution (honors seminar): one of the few honors topics course left available but I also know a bit about ataturk and how he single handily altered the fate of his country so I figured this could be extremely interesting

Unfortunately couldn't fit in the Intro to Programming class I wanted to take but other than that I'm extremely excited/happy with this schedule. I'm sure it will be thoroughly interesting. I'm saving the fundamental studio: 2d and 3d courses for the spring semester.

Andrew Loomis

Finished a new still life painting but I can't take any photos because my camera is broken. The warranty covered what happened so I should have it replaced or repaired by the end of the month.

Recently stumbled upon the amazingly helpful series of books by the now deceased Andrew Loomis. Each covers a different subject in art beautifully and since the copyrights have expired have become public domain. They are all six available for download in pdf format here.

I have particularly been studying from "Figure Drawing for all It's Worth" to get my anatomy skills up to par. However I've skimmed through "Drawing the Head and Hands" and it too appears highly valuable. I definitely am planning on downloading all six books.

Gustave Courbet

Read an article on Courbet today... really digging the sincerity of his highly emotive portraits:

The Desperate Man, Gustave Courbet, 1844-45
Wounded Man, Gustave Courbet

"Self Portrait with Pipe", Gustave Courbet