2nd week!

Alright.

So I got a place to stay now, im at the school dormitory, getting a good chance to use my novice czech with my flatmate, he doesnt really speak much english.

So this is my place >

(click everything to make em bigger)






This weekend has been interesting, since there was an international digital artist workshop, not far from my school. I couldnt afford paying for it, too bad.

but! as luck would have it, I met a guy from paris, on the street, and he was one of the teachers of said workshop and invited me to join in for a day or two, so I went to check things out and met some interesting people there.

Heres a couple of shots



This first shot is about some kind of character design assignment, one of the teachers giving critique.



Heres a demo of digital painting, about light and shadows, environment design.


I write these updates from the animation department of my school, which looks like this. There are some Finnish, Japanese, Bulgarian and Czech students, teacher commenting hand-drawn walk cycles.




There is also an exhibition in Praha, about the figure drawing of several European schools, put together and it has been going around different cities over the summer. I didnt see it yet, but I guess there is one of my works in there. At least they have it in the book they published. Lots of nice drawings in this catalogue/book.






Alright. Thats all the more and less related babble, here are the drawings for this week. Only five this time since one class was hopelessly full.

The technique is combined ink, water, acrylic paint and dry pastels. They all mix nicely with water so you can just paint with everything together, making the pastel work like paint when you want it to.

The size is as last time, about 150 x 100 cm, or 5 feet by 3 feet.

I will see if next bunch will be charcoal. Using paint to block in the basic sketch is just so much faster, and we have only 3 hours so its tempting to go with water and paint, but the vast majority in the class draw black and white, dry charcoal. I need to practise it a lot, so we will see.

I need to limit my colors, anyway! In chronological order >











(horrible light in that class)

Thats it! I will try to remember to get some photos of the whole class so you get an idea of the drawings and premises.

See you

First week of drawing

Hey!

After some minor technical problems I have the first bunch of drawings up for show. Thanks Jussi!


This is what my school looks like, its situated next to the Vltava river and lies on the edge of the old town area of Praha.





View of Praha from Letna park, at the Metronome statue.



And a view of Czech Republic countryside from the airplane.





Here are the first drawings from the class, two drawings each day, in chronological order. Each drawing is about 150x100 cm across, and each one took 3 hours to complete. The materials I use are charcoal, oil pastels and dry pastels and water to mix them with. We draw from 1PM to 7PM which is divided in two sessions, 3 times a week.













On top of this Im studying anatomy from a few different books, sketching out bones, muscles, tendons, etc. Ill post some of that later, when I get to do some hands, portraits, etc. from life.

Packing

streetview
Originally uploaded by PekkaPraha.

I set up www.flickr.com to host my drawings. Here's another sketch.

Packing my anatomy books, acrylic paints, charcoal, pencils, brushes..

Can't wait to get started.

t-36 hours to go

I'm at home. Getting all ready to move to Praha.
Setting up blog, packing clothes and materials. which will be mainly my life drawings and paintings from figure drawing classes, anatomy practise and cafe/bar sketches.

I will update weekly, making a diary/archive of my stay during the fall semester of 2005/2006 at VSUP (University of Art, Architecture and Design, in Prague).

Here's a starting sketch for the blog. Click it for full resolution version.