tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705571842384125620.post7284443239753164676..comments2023-10-20T05:17:17.881-05:00Comments on One Wild and Precious Life: Sketches: Shaping upSuziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00966167941854407869noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705571842384125620.post-11843291285398290972010-04-30T08:09:44.169-05:002010-04-30T08:09:44.169-05:00J, you sound just like 'ole Tilton himself. ;)...J, you sound just like 'ole Tilton himself. ;)Suziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00966167941854407869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705571842384125620.post-88053817905486982022010-04-29T21:57:00.126-05:002010-04-29T21:57:00.126-05:00Circles are so boring, Suzie. How dare you. Post...Circles are so boring, Suzie. How dare you. Post something interesting instead and entertain us!<br /><br />Joking, joking. I find basic shapes really fascinating because I'm so bad at them. I just realized recently that I have a heck of a time drawing a reasonably straight line freehanded. It always curves downward to the right--or upward to the right when I overcompensate because I THINK it'll curve down.<br /><br />They're not the most glamorous thing, but like you say, the basic shapes are important! Now you'll see round shapes like that everywhere, in the forms of things. When you decide to draw things from life, look out! Those shapes will come back and make your drawings awesome.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152511428706233227noreply@blogger.com