The Rabbits Foot

I had two large impressions from today that I am jotting down while I put some things on the stove for dinner: 


1. There is some serious talent in Victors class. 


and...


2. I have a very lucky life. 




Today the objective was to render a contour drawing of our still life that we set up on Tuesday and also to  transfer this drawing to our gessoed boards by the next class which is on Tuesday, Feb. 7th. I stayed later last class to do my preliminary drawing or sketch, then started on my real drawing as well, with the assumption that I would be a little ahead of the game and would have everything generally in place, and have my cropping frame and such in the right place so I would have a second and better look today. In my mind, this always allows you to make changes that you see the second time around. 


In 2 1/2 hours time, pretty much everyone had a contour drawing done, and most of them looked pretty awesome, and I'm not saying this lightly. I'm a little aghast....yes, meaning a little frightened. Now, maybe my drawing is a bit more accurate, and I may be trying too hard to get everything in just the right place...but still- some of the guys from the guy section are whipping out some seriously cool renderings of a ridiculously huge animal skull. And, they are a little too nonchalant about the whole thing as well. 


Furthermore, I liked pretty much everything else that I saw today. Even one of the persnickety older women had a relatively likable drawing. And, I had assumed that from what I saw from the actual still life, it would not be that great or dynamic. 


I left too late, closer to 2:10 to catch the school bus back to the commuter lot, and still didn't have everything nailed down the way I wanted, which begs the question: "should I go back over the weekend once more to get the drawing the way I want it....?" I think the box is a little off...


Secondly, after chatting with another student about personal things, I felt really lucky about my life choices. Without saying much about the other student, I feel like I am in a very comfortable place as I sit here contemplating whether we really should have leftovers... versus the turkey meatballs from Whole Foods that I would prefer while sipping a Schlafly Kolsh. My life in my early childhood was bad. From then on though, I would say that I happened upon some pretty marvelous things, and no, I'm not as 'successful' as I would like, but I have my priorities straight and the hub supports everything I do, and we are comfortable. There are many who are not. Also, I feel our choices in doing things in a certain order...school first....then kids...has been right for us, and good, and yet I know this is not how life always works. I could have run into trouble several times from not being as careful as I would be now, but did not. Things have come to me relatively easily and I've had lots of support, love, abundance, and 'luck' if you like to call it that.;) 


Maybe this is the reason for the rabbit as well.... 


Guys side still life: