I’m so excited. Seems I can draw. Who would have guessed. I’ve just completed the third class last night, where we learned some new techniques about edges and light. Through the first three classes there has been a lot of emphasis on the Right Brain and Left Brain and we have been practicing ways to go Right Brain (R-Mode).

Its starting to pay off. I drew the picture of the hand last night in about 1.25 hours. Unfortually I don’t have my before hand image yet. The instructor has all the preliminary drawings. As soon as I can I will scan and post all the images that I’ve drawn myself so you can see the progress. I’ll let this one speak for itself.

I woke up this morning feeling like a kid in a candy shop. I’m getting very excited about learning to draw, even at the age of 54.

You see it begins this way: A year ago I wrote down 118 life goals that I wanted to achieve before I die. Some goals were travel and adventure goals, some were seeing my favorite musicians while some were goals of philanthropy and community service. I’m happy to report that several of my simpler goals have been achieved and I’ve added significantly to the list.

One goals was to attend the Betty Edward’s “Drawing on the right Side of the Brain” course http://www.drawright.com/ and to significantly improve my ability to draw. Well this week I get to start a drawing course based in part on Betty’s work and put on by the University of Richmond’s (UR) School of Continuing Studies (SCS). Since I’m staff at UR the course is free! Can’t beat that deal can you?

Once I have a few drawings under my belt I’ll post some before and after samples and report on progress.