field trip

today my class went on a drawing field trip to st. marys church in brookline. i thought i would have liked it more, but i definitely didn't enjoy it. i would have rather gone to south station. there is just something about churches that bugs me. i completely appreciate their architechural beauty, but being in an actual church is a little bit unsettling. i'm kind of bummed that we have to go back next week. i'd much rather stay in class and work on my portfolio project....

speaking of that project... its going excellently. i've spent alot of time in the art wing of the boston public studying ukiyo-e, which is japanese woodblock art. my goal is to make my paper crane drawings look as though they were done in this style. according to my professor, i am doing a good job. i've picked out 9 origami paper patterns to recreate in pen and ink.. its hard. very hard. i'm being much more meticulous and picky than i usually am. so far, i've got 5 out of the 10 drawings outlined and shaded, and 2 of them are patterned in plain pen and ink. none of them have been colored yet.. that's the part i'm most dreading. i'm going to color them with watercolor paints.. so if i screw it up, i have to start that particular drawing all over again, and after spending about 5 hours doing one pattern, its not something i'd like to re-experience.

this project is awesome, but its certainly taking its toll on my sanity.