What kind of art class?

[_moksha]

Nude drawing using an assortment of color Highlighter pens.

[_Blixa]

Though not exactly art courses, the design courses offered online by DesignBoom are pretty fantastic. I took a toy design course.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/ ... -2011.html

[_schreech]

You'd be surprised. Writing is something you can get better and better at the more you do it and the more you do different kinds of it.

That of course requires time. But, though the time needed may vary from individual to individual, I think like Morley says, most of it can be learned. One can become an excellent stylist. Whether one has anything to impart with the style is another thing, though, and maybe that is the part that has you feeling inadequate. But that can come with time as well.

I learned most about writing from a couple of gigs I had with very tiny word limits. One was writing entries for an academic encyclopedia. I had to boil pages and pages down into small entries. It was an excellent discipline and I think had an almost immediate impact on my basic sentence level writing.

Thanks for the encouragement, I think I just need to dedicate some time to the art :). Maybe some short stories. I have actually begun writing some of my thoughts/frustrations/ideas out in a sort of journal and I find that the more I do that, the easier it becomes - its also crazy therapeutic.

[_zeezrom]

I think I just need to dedicate some time to the art :). Maybe some short stories. I have actually begun writing some of my thoughts/frustrations/ideas out in a sort of journal and I find that the more I do that, the easier it becomes - its also crazy therapeutic.

I consider myself a beginner and agree with you about the therapy.

Writing poems has been therapy for me because I feel I can write without the "Javert of grammar" breathing down my neck. In other words, I feel free to express myself without the worry of structure. I realize that the pros have a good handle on structure and the basics but I just haven't gotten there yet.

[_Quasimodo]

Nude drawing using an assortment of color Highlighter pens.

Are you talking about drawing nudes or drawing in the nude?

[_Morley]

Nude drawing using an assortment of color Highlighter pens.

Are you talking about drawing nudes or drawing in the nude?

Knowing moksha, it's both.

[_Quasimodo]

Knowing moksha, it's both.

I'm having a disquieting mental image. A well plucked, denuded, penguin holding a yellow highlighter in his beak.

[_cafe crema]

Knowing moksha, it's both.

I'm having a disquieting mental image. A well plucked, denuded, penguin holding a yellow highlighter in his beak.

Drawing another plucked penguin.

[_MCB]

Drawing another plucked penguin.

And we don't even know which body parts are underneath those feathers.

[_Quasimodo]

Drawing another plucked penguin.

And we don't even know which body parts are underneath those feathers.

I'm guessing male. Very hard to tell, though, with birds. All that sexy stuff is tucked inside.