Wow, that is really great to hear. I suppose that if I wanted to be a Renaissance Man, I should try to devise a flying machine that can expediently send one to Mars. Things are good. Struggling with a cold right now. Messing with an open tuning on the guitar.
Thank you! Always trying to improve my abilities. Been playing my trap set, (drum set) today. Also it is highly possible that I will draw more too. 🙂
I’ve plugged my keyboard back on after 10 or 15 years. I can still play “au clair de la lune” but that’s it. I may go back to reading/playing music again. And your drawings have made me think of buying “fusains”.
I highly encourage you to start making music again. I never have liked the feel of charcoal pencils. To me, it is like scratching my hands down a chalk board. “Screeeechhh” 🙂
I’ll do my best about music. Never was good anyway. Maybe that’s the origin of my lack of motivation? So arrogant I cannot spend time on something I’m not good at? 😉 Or maybe I’m just choosing my battles? Chalkboard? Eeeech indeed. I like the sahdows one can make with fusain, but it easily becomes messy with the passing of the hand. I also like “simple” lead pencils.
Well, what is great about Art, is that you can do almost anything for material. How about cigarette ashes for gray tones? I do music, despite the fact that it is not my strong suit. I will put the music back into the oven, practice, hopefully, it will be cooked 🙂
I like the… metaphor… basically any good work in anything is based on repetition. Do it again and again and again, until you can do it with yours closed. There was a Belgian cartoonist who told his pupils: Do not look at your paper when you are drawing. Not even a glance. Only look at the model… (Until it is cooked)
Love that idea…I call that sort of drawing while not looking, Blind Contour Drawing.. I had a friend who sat around, doing Blind Contour Drawings of Clouds… That is how free she was, also that endless..
Artist- Ted Giffin - Musician 
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You are a very complete artist, ted. 🙂 Hope all is well with you. Brian
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Wow, that is really great to hear. I suppose that if I wanted to be a Renaissance Man, I should try to devise a flying machine that can expediently send one to Mars. Things are good. Struggling with a cold right now. Messing with an open tuning on the guitar.
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I sympathize about the cold. (Just getting out of whooping cough!) You are a true Renaissance man already.
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Thank you! Always trying to improve my abilities. Been playing my trap set, (drum set) today. Also it is highly possible that I will draw more too. 🙂
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I’ve plugged my keyboard back on after 10 or 15 years. I can still play “au clair de la lune” but that’s it. I may go back to reading/playing music again. And your drawings have made me think of buying “fusains”.
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I highly encourage you to start making music again. I never have liked the feel of charcoal pencils. To me, it is like scratching my hands down a chalk board. “Screeeechhh” 🙂
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I’ll do my best about music. Never was good anyway. Maybe that’s the origin of my lack of motivation? So arrogant I cannot spend time on something I’m not good at? 😉 Or maybe I’m just choosing my battles? Chalkboard? Eeeech indeed. I like the sahdows one can make with fusain, but it easily becomes messy with the passing of the hand. I also like “simple” lead pencils.
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Well, what is great about Art, is that you can do almost anything for material. How about cigarette ashes for gray tones? I do music, despite the fact that it is not my strong suit. I will put the music back into the oven, practice, hopefully, it will be cooked 🙂
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I like the… metaphor… basically any good work in anything is based on repetition. Do it again and again and again, until you can do it with yours closed. There was a Belgian cartoonist who told his pupils: Do not look at your paper when you are drawing. Not even a glance. Only look at the model… (Until it is cooked)
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Love that idea…I call that sort of drawing while not looking, Blind Contour Drawing.. I had a friend who sat around, doing Blind Contour Drawings of Clouds… That is how free she was, also that endless..
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