Whoa, who’s that angry lady? Last night I sat in on a painting session with my friend Dylan Chorneau, who was painting my other friend Kelly Keith. While getting to draw a model for a couple of hours is pretty great, and MONSTROUSLY instructive, drawing someone you know is tricky-so-tricky. I think I wasted fifteen minutes just trying to draw her #%&@! nose. Worrying about likeness is for suckers (as long as I can’t do it), but pretty important (when I can).

Slowly I’m starting to figure out how to make small marks, to indicate contours and light rather than trying to draw each line. The problem is that I LOVE to draw each line, so it’s a struggle. But a pleasant one for now–and fortunately, I have no plans to earn a living at figure-drawing, so it’s a stress free way to improve my OTHER drawing skills.

Man, they sure were. On Monday me and my friend Kelly drove down to college-fresh Athens, Georgia to drink in the delight of the Melvins and Big Business. Oh, the racket, oh the noise! You can click the photo above or right here to see a ton of pictures.

Highlights included:
1) Juan Montoya
2) Helping semi-famous people be sick
3) Getting invited backstage because Kelly has got CRAZY MAD props with this community
4) Spending a lot of money on awesome jazz CD’s at the abundant record stores

Lowlights included:
1) Leaving Charlotte way late (also counts as a highlight, strangely)
2) Missing Athens exit entirely and not realizing it until we hit the Atlanta beltways
3) Spending a lot of money on awesome jazz CD’s at the abundant record stores

More drawings soon, I promise!