Confessions of a researchaholic

2020-03-20

Shelter in place

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The neighborhood cats came around, probably looking for the recently emerging groundhogs.

I drew these two cats from two separate photos, and found the process a refreshing break from working at home.

2020-03-14

Drawing a sweetgum seed pod

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:11 am
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I spotted this spiky plant ball on the ground while hiking and brought it back as a drawing subject.

2020-02-10

Caltrain conductor: please don’t put your feet on seats

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 10:12 pm
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2020-02-09

Rodin’s hand

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 11:59 am
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I went to the Cantor arts center an hour earlier than usual, and thus had more time sketching.

2020-02-04

Unfinished work

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 4:46 pm
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A friendly of mine recently posted on FB that he liked an unfinished drawing perhaps more than had he tried to finish it.

When I started drawing about a year and half ago, I strived to finish works with polished quality.
Later, I found the intermediate progress no less interesting, and showed with the final drawings all intermediate strokes without hiding or even erasing them.

Related: one of my most favorite research papers has never officially been published anywhere.

2020-01-23

Quick sketch of a wall lamp

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 11:56 am
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After waking up at 5:30 am today, I tried to catch an earlier train but missed it by a few minutes. The next train took around 40 minutes to arrive; meanwhile I sketched this wall lamp near the platform.

2020-01-17

Drawing a bowl of fruits and vegetables compost

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 8:56 pm
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I am on a roll of drawing food residues.

2020-01-14

Drawing a plate of edamame shells

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 8:51 pm
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This is a frequent sight of my family dinner, which I managed to draw when we sat together on the same table after a long while.

2020-01-08

Drawing a portly hand

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 10:01 pm
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I felt the need to draw something before going to sleep, and recalled this visual image from a morning news post to spend some twenty minutes.

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