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August 14, 2005
Ohhhhh, back to school, back to school…
Well, here I am. Philly. So far things have been good. The move went pretty well. I had the help of some amazing friends, Tommy and Elise, and my awesome girlfriend, Lori. The first week was spent mostly running errands and trying to get settled. It took me up to last weekend to get an Internet connection, and then I thought I’d start right in with the blogging, but school turned out to take up a lot more time than I thought.
The first week was all about drawing. Class was supposed to be from 9-5, which would have been fine, but they weren’t entirely truthful about that. Monday was the only day that actually stopped at five. Tuesday we drew until 9 and then on Thursday I was in the studio drawing until 11:30, getting prepped for our first presentation and review, which was pretty cool. I’m sure it wouldn’t have been that bad except for the 90-100 degree weather and absurd humidity. Absurd. Pouring sweat just sitting and drawing. Here is a picture of part of the wall with some of the drawings from the presentation. (The drawing in the upper left is 3'8" by 5') They seemed to like them for the most part, but I’ve certainly got some things to work on. (No photos for now, I lied. When I figure it out I'll link to them.)
After the presentation we got our studio desk assignments and, out of the whole class, I got the only window in the room. It is awesome. I’ll add pics of the studio space when I have a chance. Saturday the temperatures topped 100 again with re-donk-ulous humidity and I had to run all over town in my black, no air conditioned car getting art supplies, studio equipment and crap from IKEA and Target. But now I’m all set for the big day tomorrow. Sorry this is wicked boring but it’s late and I’m tired. More, better stuff later…
Posted by austin at August 14, 2005 9:31 PM
Comments
Amazing friends is right. First I suffer through 2 day long car ride down there. Then, I have to haul all your shit up 3 flights of stairs in what must have been 90 degree weather. Then, I have to go get wasted 2 nights in a row. Then, another 2 day car ride. Luckily - the 2 pretty ladies made the trip home quite bearable - if you know what I mean. And I think you do. Giggity, Giggity!
Posted by: Godfrey at August 17, 2005 12:30 PM