Drawn Back

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when an artist sees a blank sheet of paper

So the past few months I’m getting back to drawing and learning oil painting. I’ve been in and out of it for a couple of years but hoping to get more focus on art. I had art lessons before but with books and references online I can say I’m self taught or some sort in between.

Looking back, the rut I had cause by two things rushing it to learn cartooning inspired by comics and manga and jumping so quick to digital while I still lack fundamentals. The frustration to those had recluse me to playing video games way more than I used to.

Where I am right now, I can copy and draw with a reference but composing without one is the hardest. So right now I have to come in terms with my current drawing ability copying from pictures and academic style drawing, not cartooning.

So the goal here is to refine my drawing skills and get to focus on fundamentals. I’ll add painting but I’ll share more of that for another post. Then there’s photography never interested at taking my own pictures before so that will work with as I go with the other two.

I will do my best to share my creations (ODDITIES) no matter how horrendous I think it is. I will start with the work has been done, then catch up to work in progress. I might even start digging on old stuff and even unfinished ones.

Alright back to the drawing board then.

Hello World

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Hastily crud self portrait 

Welcome to Arc’s Oddities, this blog about me getting back and learning art. I work on traditional (pencil, charcoal, oil paint) and digital.

The oddities are my creations and will post on the process and thoughts on making them. In other words this is about creating art in the learners point of view.

I just started on making art again and currently working on two things, learning oil painting and refining my drawing skills. Digital was a frustration for me but will try to tackle it once more in the near future.

I’ll apologize in advance the terrible pictures I’ve taken that’s one medium I never really dealt with and will be part of the learning process as well.

I am starting this blog as part of Blaugust Reborn. It may sound forced but I was planning to start this around September. So it was a good push to get started than chicken out in the end.

Still the site is a bit rushed as the plan was to use tumblr but went with wordpress, so visually it’s a work in progress. As what I am learned lately on coming back to art, better than done than perfect.

That’s if for now see you back here.