tonight at 6:30 i am going to my first, of six, drawing class. i have mentioned before my fear of the blank piece of paper and my total and complete lack of confidence in my drawing skills. i am hoping that this guy can plant a seed of confidence in me, so, at the very least, i don't tell my self the entire time i have a pencil in my hand that... 'i can't do this, i can't do this, i can't do this'...
it is a bit strange, because there are not too many things i don't think i could do, but drawing is one. so, tonight, i am beginning down that road of self exploration. to find a spark of that feeling a friend once said he felt when learning about drawing in perspective... "i felt just like helen keller must have felt when she first learned to sign".
18" x 24" newsprint and a varying hardnesses of pencil are what we need to bring. today, 18" by 24" sounds like a very, very big piece of paper to fill.