Yesterday while I did not post, I did continue to draw. So, just gonna catch up with the posting on the blog stuffs. I continued with anatomy and STRUGGLED (see? I used all caps) with hips and legs. Why are kneecaps hard to draw? What is that about? Anyways, not feeling well added to the mix but I continued. Most of my drawings were in pencil, but I managed to escape with one in pen, and it was a sugar skull. That was Day 23 of of Inktober. I was pleased just to get anything out of me, quite frankly. Not gonna lie. I felt like throwing in the towel after all my pieces ended up looking like blobs on paper. I decided it was just not feeling well. Time to rest. Rest was good. Woke up feeling the same fatigue but continued. I like the Halloween/zombiefied/Burtonesque theme I have going on for October, so I decided with a zombie. I don't know how he ended up with a Pompadour but he did. Cool beans. Day 24 of Inktober. Adding a bit of color makes him happy. Look at that smile....

Day Two of #BookSpine365 . Van Gogh The Complete Paintings  by Taschen has editor into F. Walther and author Rainer Metzger to thank for this beautiful hard bound 740 page book. I start out with this book in particular, because it is the most favorite of mine on my shelf. Van Gogh is by far my favorite painter, and the autobiographical memoirs and letters inside give a closer look inside his life and mind. The book itself is extremely heavy, but I have no qualms with it being such a gem. The glossy pages are worth the high price, and they turn with ease.  Book Details: Name: Van Gogh Complete Paintings Author: Walther, I. Format: Hardcover, glossy. 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in.), 96 pp. Dust jacket included.  ISBN 978-3-8365-4122-0  ©2012 -brrivera

Day One in  #BookSpine365 . I always wanted to hold my myself accountable for writing daily even when I didn't want to; sans the aches and illness of chronic pain and the undeniable proof that writers block does exist. A new year brings on a fresh calendar, and I would like to bring in a new meme for my literary blog and hashtag which I created: #Bookspine365 . Here's the deal-I'm a complete bibliophile. Everyone knows this. I read books. Talk about books. Read book reviews, smell books, and enjoy audio and ebooks. For me, the world of literature takes me into another realm which I adore. Withing gazing upon a book, my mind can be without restrictions and limitations. Any and everything is possible when characters lift off the pages into your brain and your heartbeat skips when a plot is deviously replaced by something out of the box and out of this galaxy. Words do more than communicate; words can uplift you and tear you down all in the  same sentence whereas books bring...