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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Self portrait

Stuck at home, my husband didn't want to pose for me and I'm in need to practice my humane figure drawing. Well here I am looking at my self on the screen of my turned off laptop. This is my second self portrait attempt ever. I think I improved it if I compare this one with the one I did two years ago. Two things remain the same: the careless way I dress when I'm at home and the same hair style to keep my hair away from my face and my neck. Best look alike sketch? Not really ....but I'll keep trying.....

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Organized chaos

I tried to sketch the organized chaos in the city of Chicago during winter. It's snowing heavily and people outside was just walking in the streets as if it was summer. The traffic was slow but flowing. Chicagoan are so used to this weather that nothing can stop them from living their daily life, they have to. Municipal authorities spread salt on the roads as soon as it starts to snow more than 1 or 2 inches, they are very efficient.  On my way to home I had to take the highway and drive 40 miles, I'm lucky there were no accidents on the road. I saw 8, I mean 8 because I counted them, I saw 8 trucks cleaning the snow in only 3 lanes of the highway, they were one after another one in a diagonal formation. Way to go Chicago! People adapt and Chicagoan adapt in amazing ways.