Advanced Drawing

My last blog post on this assignment was an "in progress" post. Unfortunately I guess this one is as well. Although I worked on this piece tirelessly since the last time I posted, I was unable to completely finish it. There is no one to blame but myself and yes I am very disappointed.  I am trying as best as I can to manage all of my classes and work and projects, but ultimately it feels like I'm drowning in work and can't stay on top. I've really got to figure something out soon, because I know my grades are going to begin to suffer, much like my sleep and health already have. There is no worse feeling than turning in an uncompleted piece, especially when you know your professor expects more out of you. I wish I was the kind of person that could BS a project and be okay turning it in that way, but I simply can't. This is why I often underestimate how much time I really need. Although I did not finish this project, there are still many things I am proud of. My...

As this semester rolled around, I was optimistic that I would have achieve success as I had the past semester. However, although this semester is just starting to get into the swing of things, it's proving to be my hardest semester yet. My hardest class last semester undoubtedly was drawing 341. It was also my favorite class. This semester I am taking drawing 440, which is similar in a sense but a little more challenging. My favorite project of all time last semester was the ink pen drawing. This semester I am doing that assignment again, however, I am doing it twice the size of last time. As I said previously this is proving to be my hardest semester I've had to date, and I am really struggling with time management (even more so than normal, which I didn't know was possible). Which is why I am not as far along in this project as I should be. When I started my second ink pen drawing I was having a difficult time coming up with a composition, and figuring out what I wanted t...