Disclaimer (August 28, 2012): The characters and situations portrayed in this series are purely fictional. They are not based on actual events or people.
Learn English with Andy 7/13: “Rectum”
Category Archives: Random junk
Learn English with Andy 6/13: “July”
Disclaimer (August 28, 2012): The characters and situations portrayed in this series are purely fictional. They are not based on actual events or people.
Learn English with Andy 5/13: “Herpes”
Disclaimer (August 28, 2012): The characters and situations portrayed in this series are purely fictional. They are not based on actual events or people.
Learn English with Andy 4/13: “Texas”
Disclaimer (August 28, 2012): The characters and situations portrayed in this series are purely fictional. They are not based on actual events or people.
Learn English with Andy 3/13: “Shoulder”
Disclaimer (August 28, 2012): The characters and situations portrayed in this series are purely fictional. They are not based on actual events or people.
Learn English with Andy 2/13: “Mushroom”
Disclaimer (August 28, 2012): The characters and situations portrayed in this series are purely fictional. They are not based on actual events or people.
Learn English with Andy 1/13: “Cheese”
Disclaimer (August 28, 2012): The characters and situations portrayed in this series are purely fictional. They are not based on actual events or people.
My good friend Andy was born a long time ago in a small village called Monterrey, in the depths of the Mexican desert. He likes long walks on the beach, muscle cars, eighties rock music, and ponies. Andrés moved to the United States to fulfill his many dreams. Like many before him, he was faced with the daunting challenge of learning a foreign language.
Today, Andy is a fluent English speaker and a successful investor. But never one to forget his roots, he initiated, through a partnership with The MKX®, a short series of lessons that will teach the reader the proper use of a common English word. This is the first installment.
Obama caricature
Just proving my point. Very quick and dirty sketch of Mr. President elect using a mechanical pencil.
Obama
As you know, last night Barack Obama was elected President of the U.S. I have my political and ideological opinions but I doubt people read this blog for those so I’ll spare you (summary: thumbs up).
Frankly, I was sick and tired of the elections and I’m glad it’s finally over. It was the only thing that was on the news, on every conversation over lunch or coffee, on TV, everywhere in the last months. Ready to move on to the next topic of interest: soccer.
One observation though: Independently of which side of the political spectrum they may fall on, caricaturists around the world have got to be thrilled at the outcome. Obama is a caricaturist’s dream come true. With that square chin, the thick eyebrows, the huge smile that’s all upper teeth, the long head, and above all: those wonderful ears. I mean, McCain had the abnormally big and flabby cheeks… but those ears are a joy.
Looking forward to four or eight years of political Obama caricatures. Oh, and conversations about soccer.
Good drawing day
Drawing is very much like hair.
Sometimes you’re having a bad hair day. You look like you just woke up from a nap on top of a puddle of glue and no matter what you do, you just can’t tame that weird thing sticking out from the top of your head. Other times you’re having a good hair day and you look great: no problem, no effort needed.
Same applies to drawing. Some days everything you sketch looks terrible, and some days you are on a roll and things come out really, really well.
As with hair, I haven’t found any pattern on what causes a good or bad drawing day. As far as I can tell it’s not based on rest nor lack of sleep. It’s not based on caffeine. It’s not based on anything but pure randomness.
Today I went down to AVAA for their Life Drawing workshop and I had (I think) a good drawing day. This is highly subjective; whenever I show my drawings to people, every person likes a different one or a different aspect than what I like. Of course, in a year I will hate them all as it seems to happen with very few exceptions.
Today’s two sketches are below:
