This is the angry boy, and I decided not to go for his famous hand, but for a head shot. It’s hard to get the expressions right, though. I’ve wandered around in the Vigeland Museet in Oslo for hours and hours to try and find Gustav Vigeland’s secret. I’m not there yet. Reassuringly, there is always room for improvement! Keep calm and draw!
Tagged: Drawing, Gustav Vigeland, Inspiration, Vigeland Museet, Vigelandsparken
Today, I had a very pleasant distraction. One of my students missed the previous session of the Writing for Young Adults course I teach in Amsterdam. I met her in a restaurant nearby to bring her up to speed. The subject of that session was ‘Keeping Up the Tension’ and it tackled what is often referred to as the sagging middle. That’s right, the sagging middle. It’s that huge part between a writer’s phenomenal, gripping beginning and the staggering, breathtaking end of his novel. In a 3-act structure that middle would approximately cover 50% of the book. A hefty part if your readers have to force themselves to keep their eyes open and not nod off. Flesh out the middle is what writing books…
Tagged: 3-act structure, midpoint reversal, sagging middle, Syd Field, writing, Writing exercise, YA
To develop my drawing and painting skills, I have signed up for the online illustration class Year of the Fairy Tale with Carla Sonheim (the author of Drawing Lab, The Art of Silliness, and Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals). A year of fairy tales! How does that sound?
This is my first sub for the 52-Week Illustration Challenge on Facebook, initiated by Tania McCartney. This week’s theme: Eggs.
Come join us on this journey through 2014!
Tagged: 2014, 52-Week Illustration Challenge, Eggs, Hatching, Tania McCartney
Young man at a wintery beach – Sommarøy, Norway.
Yesterday’s post
Tagged: daily post, dream, Mina Witteman, poetry
Tagged: 2014
Mina Witteman 