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Reflecting on the past week, I have to admit that nothing went as planned. I hardly made any progress nor met any of the goals I had set out to do. I usually plan out my weekends to get most of my goals completed. However, my life does not revolve around goals or my hobbies or career or even all the things I have planned to do. Fact is everything else revolves around the life I’m living. Being married to an incredibly talented and capable woman does not make things easier as other people tend to notice her abilities… her school in particular. She has been assigned… 4… 5 posts?? I’ve lost count as they keep assigning more roles and responsibilities for her to handle. I’ll post more details at a later date in my other blog, The Romantic Blockhead.

I think what I need to do is to have more of a monthly review rather than a weekly one as random things tend to happen inevitably. Although I did not get anything done over the weekend, I have to say it was certainly a fun and warm time spent with my in-laws and their extended family. Helped my parents-in-law look for a new place to rent, went for my cousin in-law’s house warming dinner on Saturday, and finally for a barbeque dinner with the extended in-law family on Sunday.

Okay, back to my weekly review. I’ve almost completed my re-read of Alexander Kjerulf’s Happy Hour is 9 to 5 and will be writing down my thoughts as I read his book again the third time. I’ve managed to watch another 2 chapters of Scott Robertson’s tutorial DVD on basic perspective form drawing. That’s about all I’ve managed to get done the past week. Here’s to a great week ahead. Thanks for dropping by.

I have decided to do a weekly review of my past week to keep track of my progress and goals I am striving to achieve in 2008. Overall, things seem to be on track and I’m happy with my progress so far although I know there is still a whole lot of room for improvement.

January book: Happy Hour is 9 to 5 by Alexander Kjerulf

I have already read it once through and am reading it again. I hope to read each book at least 3 times to understand and grasp as much as possible from the book. Perhaps I will write a review at the end of each month.

January training DVD from The Gnomon Workshop: The techniques of Scott Robertson (Volume 1: Basic Perspective Form Drawing)

So far I have managed to complete half of the training DVD covering 1-point, 2-point and 3-point perspective. While not the most exciting part of learning to draw, a solid foundation in perspective drawing is necessary to create more believable and convincing artwork in the future.

Daily drawing here:

I have been drawing the human skull ( 1 per day ) for the past 4 days to complement the lessons learned from The Structure of Man anatomy training DVDs. Currently I am up to lesson 32, The Invention of The Spine - Part 1. You can check out the preview here. The techniques and lessons taught by Riven Phoenix in the DVDs are straight forward and easy to follow. So far I have found the videos very helpful and informative. Each of the formulas and techniques mentioned are simple and easy to remember (which is a good thing since the human anatomy comprises many many parts). Of course, it helps to have anatomy references to check and study if you desire to learn to draw the human anatomy more accurately.

Weekly article my other blog, The Romantic Blockhead:

My next post will be on “How I learned to love my wife… and still learning”. I am currently working on it and aim to get it up by tonight. Having deadlines helps to keep things moving in the right direction.