Nancy Drew Mystery Game - EDM #6

The Nancy Drew Mystery Game - c. 1957

This was back in the day when Nancy read her telegram sitting on the divan in her new frock with her beau who drove a roadster.

If you're old enough to find humor in that statement, take your Geritol, hitch up your Depends and roll the dice. It's your turn.

Everyday Matters Challenge #6 is actually "Draw your favorite well-loved object...or a childhood toy." Well, that stumped me for most of the day. I've already drawn all my favorite well-loved objects and gotten rid of them. I have little patience for "stuff" these days.

However, digging around in the closet I found this old Nancy Drew game I loved as a kid. It was a sense of adventure without leaving my bedroom. I got lost in the little scenes on the board - the Haunted Bridge, the Moss Covered Mansion, and the Tolling Bell bell tower. It was dark and creepy and loads of fun.

I loved the little heavy metal sedan playing pieces. They came in the strangest colors - coral, magenta, and turquoise. Kinda weird and kinda neat.

I noticed in all the graphics on the game Nancy appears to be about 55 years old. That's odd considering she still lived with her parents at the time. Hummm....

The modern day Nancy probably has a condo, cell phone, and high speed Internet and dumped that loser Ned a long time ago.

You Can Draw! - Class #5

Tonight we had the option of drawing three things: a garden deer statue, a bugle, or the Indian doll. I opted for the doll even though she was more complicated. There was more opportunity for fudge factor with her. If I gimped up the bugle or the fawn it would have been obvious. I think about those kind of things when I pick what to draw. Cheatercheatercheater.

There were lots of geegaws on her dress I couldn't make out. Just rubbed the pencil across those parts and called it done.

The teacher said that he was please with the progress of the class. We all took lots of time tonight and spent the whole two hours drawing just one thing. The drawings of the other four are vastly improved over the first night. I think they're beginning to "see" what they're drawing and can get it down on paper.

I don't know if my drawing has improved but my patience has. If I spend more than about 15 minutes drawing one thing I get antsy and have to move on. I finally got in the groove last night and found the zen place of drawing. It felt good.

It stands to reason if I take time with a drawing it will be better than a quick sketchy-sketch. However, I do have the tendency to overwork and not edit. I can see myself spending hours on something and putting in every single nit-picky detail. That's not always a good thing. Still trying to hone the editing factor.

Teacher said I should take this home and frame it. That was a very nice compliment but, ummm....no. Don't really want her hanging on my wall but will be pleased to have her live in my portfolio.

Next week we start a new class, "Sketching Historic Downtown." It will be good to get out of the classroom and sketch in the wild.

You Can Draw! - Class #4

This is supposed to be a Teddy Bear but it looks a little like a Teddy Pig to me. Oh well, this is Arkansas so a pig is fittin'. I think I got his feetsies too small. He's got a big ol' head compared to his feet. Hummm....

I used the chiaroscuro method of drawing the shapes of the lights and shadows on this. Wow! That made it sooooo much easier than drawing an outline and the result was much better too. Woot!

The second drawing of the night was our hand. I only got the basic shape down before everyone else finished and starting packing up to leave. That's probably a good thing because it was starting to resemble Frankenstein's hand. Eeek!

The class started with 10-11 people. Tonight there were only four. Next week is the final class. Wonder how many will show?