The evening train was delayed by about 15 minutes. After getting on the train I walked through all the car cabins to identify interesting drawing subjects.
March 11, 2019
March 10, 2019
Drawing from a magazine photo
The strong lighting contrast on the face can help practice hatching and shading, but I completely failed to depict the cute subject; will revisit.
March 3, 2019
Drawing a dead spider found at the bottom of a bathtub
The spider is about the size of a dime and I do not have a magnifying glass around, so I observed it in close distance before started drawing.
February 28, 2019
Reviewer toughness score
“Your reviewer toughness score is 20%. This means that 20% of the time you gave lower scores than the other reviewers of the submissions you reviewed. Reviewers are encouraged to maintain a toughness score closer to 50% so that they are working on roughly the same scale. You may want to update your reviews with this in mind.”
I wonder what is going to happen if all reviewers actually try to reach the 50% toughness level. Meanwhile, I will maintain my independent opinions.
February 24, 2019
Quick sketch of the Alsatian orphan by Rodin
This is a very impressive sculpture, especially given that Rodin made it from memory. My drawing is far less impressive, even from my beginner standard. I plan to revisit this one again.
February 21, 2019
February 19, 2019
Quick sketches on a morning train
Due to the need to ensure the dog I am sitting for a friend performed the morning biological dumps in both solid and liquid forms, I got on the train one second before the door closed.
I spotted this guy standing on the Palo Alto Caltrain station platform, and had only a few seconds to draw before the train departed.
I had a few more minutes drawing this girl sitting a few rows in front of me.
February 17, 2019
Quick sketch of Rodin’s head of a man with one ear
There were less than 40 minutes until closing when I arrived at the museum, so I picked an object suitable for quick sketch.
I did not notice that the sculpture indeed has only one year until finishing the drawing and looking at the artifact title.
I plan to come back and draw from a view that show both sides of the face.
February 9, 2019
What to do during wife’s haircut
Both took me about 1 hour before stopping for various reasons (museum closing, dinner time).
Daichi suggested me to spend more time and patience, as shown in his drawings
February 7, 2019
Imposter syndrome
A colleague recently told me that he felt like being an imposter in our lab. I was surprised because in my view he has been very successful all around.
Many members of our research community feel likewise and need to shore up their facades. I guess we can all relax a bit once we realize everyone else is just like us.
Or you can be like me, too insensitive or self-absorbing to really care what others think about us. (I still pretend I do, mostly to fit in.)
🙂