Still Life: Teapot

Just a quick still life. I tried a different technique than usual. The actual teapot had colorful flowers on it, but I thought it looked too distracting/out of place when I tried it out. Overall it looks flat IMO. And I don't like the background.

New Sketchbook

I got a new sketchbook! I bought it before last semester ended. I've decided this time around, it will be more of a book of sketches. I think I tried too hard/spent too much time on each drawing in my old sketchbook. I also want to try to do more life studies, etc.

Today I went on campus for a little bit and sketched Stephens Hall. I would've sketched more, but it got cold. I always find drawing in new sketchbooks intimidating - I don't want to mess up the crisp, pristine pages. I also have a tendency to leave the first page or two blank. I have no idea why.

Within me a lunatic sings

If you don't already know, I'm back in Berkeley. After being sad and sentimental about how much I'll miss everything, I spent a week at home, only to move back to Berkeley again for the summer. I have an unpaid summer internship at an architecture, web, and graphics design firm on University Avenue. It's a super small firm (there are only 2 people), but I figure I'll be able to gain a lot of experience in three different fields I'm interested in. That's not something I could do with any other position. I've been able to learn more about Flash, CSS, Drupal, and we might enter a architecture competition. I've also been proposing new design ideas for their new website. It's pretty exciting, but it took getting used to 8.5 hour shifts. I was initially thinking of working back at the library part time in the evenings, but... I like/need my free time kthx.

Being back in Berkeley feels strange.
It's comforting to see familiar places.
It's weird that certain people aren't around.
It's a lot more quiet.
It's not the same.
I still miss it.