Columbus Zoo

The long awaited trip to the Columbus Zoo!  It, of course, ended up being on the coldest day of the year, but it was a great day.  We figured out pretty quickly to stay in the indoor exhibits, since they were temperature controlled.

The Shadowbox Holiday Hoopla

Our final session at the Shadowbox was a dress rehearsal for their show "Holiday Hoopla."  It was bittersweet, but the show was great.  I ended up paying more attention to the stage than actually sketching, so there aren't as many figures as I would have hoped.

In Class Session: Mon Oncle

A quick session for today, focusing on the compositions and poses of characters in the film Mon Oncle.  I have seen the animated movie The Illusionist, so seeing the original character that inspired the protagonist was interesting.

Madama Butterfly

This opera is an excellent reason for why I need to learn Italian.  It was such a beautiful production.  The acting was superb, so I could get a basic understanding of the story, but I felt I was missing out on a lot.

In Class Session: Silhouettes

We continued using different media for this class, focusing on using marker to create silhouettes of figures.

This last page was mostly to focus on creating a composition based on figures in a movie.

In Class Session: Line of Action and Animals

A lot of pages for this class!  We focused on using charcoal and conte rather than just ball-point pen.  I'm not used to media like this, so my sketches were really large.

Lines of Action depicting specific words and actions

 

 Various Animals

I learned that I really like drawing deer and polar bears, but not that great at charcoal in general.

Ballet Met Jazz Class

Sat in on an all-ages Jazz Dance class at the Ballet Met for this class.  It was a rather short session, but because of all the varied, repeated routines I was able to get a decent amount of poses.