Norway

I just booked a flight to spend most of my Christmas holiday in and around Haugesund, Norway! I will be staying with some relatives that I met about a year and a half ago. I'm incredibly excited, and can't wait to see why everyone always says that I look "Norwegian"...

My flight actually leaves from London, so I'm going to fly in several days early to visit The Saatchi Gallery, Tate Modern and the National Galleries. I'll probably also do the really touristy things like go see Big Ben and visit the Globe theatre... Yay for Shakespeare!

I just finished my life drawing course and it was fantastic. Everyday I was in studio from 9:30 to 4:00pm. We had one to three models per day, and we went through various exercises to "hone" or rather deconstruct, our preconceptions of drawing. For example, on one day, we started the morning with 1 minute drawings of the figure, upgraded to an allowance of two minutes, then to five. After lunch we drew with our left hand, drew with an extended tool, drew without looking at the paper. After one week we switched to liquid media and moving poses. Its the most fun I've had in in the studio in awhile...

Next week I'm going to Edinburgh to visit some galleries with my class, and then my mom is meeting me in Glasgow. Some good exploring is in order.

Thats all for now.
Steph