{"id":158,"date":"2010-10-08T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darrenbrant.com\/?p=158"},"modified":"2010-10-08T17:56:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T21:56:00","slug":"daily-scribble-oct-4-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darrenbrant.com\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"Daily Scribble Oct. 4 &#8211; 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the results of my forth week of figure drawing practice. When I started my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darrenbrant.com\/drawing\/plan-for-improving-my-drawing-skills\/\">lunch sketching project<\/a> its purpose was to help accomplish one of my goals for this year; <strong>focus on Figure drawing proportion. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The problem is that when I set that particular artistic goal I didn&#8217;t think too long upon it. It&#8217;s a <em><strong>crappy<\/strong><\/em> goal. Conventional Internet Wisdom (TM) and an authority no less than <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SMART_criteria\">Wikipedia<\/a> tells me so.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m told that goals should be <strong>SMART<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>S = Specific<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>M = Measurable<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A = Attainable<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>R = Realistic<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>T = Timely<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure my vaguely worded goal only satisfies <strong>Timely<\/strong>, as I had given myself a one year time period. More thought required.<\/p>\n<p>Here then are the meager results of this week&#8217;s lunchtime sketch. It was a bad week and the drawings reflect that.<\/p>\n<h1>Figure Sketch Oct. 7, 2010<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-7-10.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"170\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.darrenbrant.com\/?attachment_id=170\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-7-10.jpg?fit=390%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"390,608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"figure_sketch-10-7-10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-7-10.jpg?fit=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-7-10.jpg?fit=390%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-170\" title=\"figure_sketch-10-7-10\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-7-10.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-7-10.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-7-10.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Source for this drawing is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.posemaniacs.com\/?p=652\">Posemaniacs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paper: standard bond<\/p>\n<p>Media: BIC ReAction Gel 0.7 pen<\/p>\n<p>Size: 229mm x 305mm<\/p>\n<p>I had to cut this one short &#8211; probably about a 2 or 3 minute sketch.<\/p>\n<h1>Figure Sketch Oct. 8, 2010<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-8-10.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"169\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.darrenbrant.com\/?attachment_id=169\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-8-10.jpg?fit=393%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"393,608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"figure_sketch-10-8-10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-8-10.jpg?fit=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-8-10.jpg?fit=393%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-169\" title=\"figure_sketch-10-8-10\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-8-10.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-8-10.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/figure_sketch-10-8-10.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Source for this drawing is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.posemaniacs.com\/?p=593\">Posemaniacs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paper: standard bond<\/p>\n<p>Media: BIC ReAction Gel 0.7 pen<\/p>\n<p>Size: 229mm x 305mm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the results of my forth week of figure drawing practice. When I started my lunch sketching project its purpose was to help accomplish one of my goals for this year; focus on Figure drawing proportion. The problem is that when I set that particular artistic goal I didn&#8217;t think too long upon it. 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Monday and Tuesday were so busy I barely had time for lunch, so no drawings from those days. The rest of the week, I have no excuses. Figure Sketch Sept. 24, 2010 Source for this drawing is Posmanics.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Drawing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Drawing","link":"https:\/\/www.darrenbrant.com\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"figure sketch 9-24-10","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darrenbrant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/figure_sketch_9_24_10-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":74,"url":"https:\/\/www.darrenbrant.com\/?p=74","url_meta":{"origin":158,"position":1},"title":"Daily Scribble Sept. 15 &#8211; 17","author":"db","date":"September 17, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are the results of my first week of figure drawing practice. Since I started my drawing practice mid week I only had three lunches to sketch this week. Two drawings then isn't bad for me. 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I also need to manage my expectations - not every sketch will be a master piece, and not every\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Drawing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Drawing","link":"https:\/\/www.darrenbrant.com\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":510,"url":"https:\/\/www.darrenbrant.com\/?p=510","url_meta":{"origin":158,"position":4},"title":"Daily Scribble March 19-22","author":"db","date":"March 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I finally got Corel Painter 12 to install properly on my machine this week. I don't think it liked my Corel Painter Sketchpad; un-installed it and everything went well. To try out my new toy I dashed off a few quick figure sketches of my artist's mannequin. 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