Week 2 - The Artful Bird

I think this week's assignment was hard but I think useful.  I just kept working on everything until my time ran out. I'm about to get on a plane to visit my mom in Philadelphia so I have to get this assignment turned in.  I'm not sure I still really understand everything that's going on inside the bird. But I'm trying to learn.

My line work is a bit shaky.  I need a more confident line.  I remember when drawing the human skeleton the teacher said to exaggerate the joints and make them darker and stronger lines.  I think I could work on that some more.  I'd like to make the bones feel more volumetric and less flat.  I'll keep practicing.  I 

On Friday I took a quick linoleum block printing workshop and I made a design from one of the swallows from last week.

I'm going to redo it when I have more time.  I was rushing in the workshop to get it carved and printed before the workshop was over.  When I redo it I'm going to make the moon white instead of black and the air behind the branches black instead of white.

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