Michelangelo Study 2

Michelangelo Study 2 is born out of looking at another fresco. This was the face of Jesus as he was being nailed to the cross. I think it is actually a face that is similar looking to that of Michelangelo. I wanted to study the eyes, the backward glance  and the mouth in the beard. I sat watching the movie Julie and Julia with my dad and Janet during this sketch.

I thought back to the first of the 155 days (so far) of making art. I was very inspired to try to do art one day at a time since I had stopped making art. Just one foot in front of the other for one more day, one more step, one more drawing to practice and grow. It has given me a real base of understanding, an internal dictionary of how objects or people look.

And, it has helped me to take courage and venture out further in doing new things in my life. No one has called wanting to publish my blog. I hardly know who is reading the blog.  I ask my family members, and they say, oh, that's right, you have a blog. But one day, I hope to have a show of the best of the 365 days of art-making. I think that would  be lots of fun  and a nice way of celebrating the completion of the challenge!