Back to Basics ....

The other night I had a dinner party, and my friends were asking what my next hobby was going to be.  I said 'I think I'd like to take digital painting ... I don't know if that's an actual course, but I'd like to take it.'  And that got me to thinking ... I really don't know anything about how to use the tools I have, or how to go about painting.  I need to get back to basics.

And that's when I found this new set of tutorials (link).  This guy is great!  He really dumbs it down for the true beginner.  And he gives you exercises to work on all of the fundamentals.  So I have started working my way through his curriculum.  Of course, I can only draw so many spoons before I get bored, so tonight I also took a pass at this (which I realize isn't actually painting, but rather drawing .... but frankly I just wanted to make something, .... well, something other than spoons).

Drawing tutorial link found here - link.

And of course as I was thinking about getting back to basics, I started thinking ... isn't there a song called 'Back to Basics' from Dick Tracy?  .... There isn't.  It's called Back in Business, which led me to here (link).  And then since I had strayed that far, then I started to think well what else starts with "back" which generated some of the following:

Back to the Future - link
Baby Got Back - link
Back to the Country - link
Back Street Boys - link

... and then it just started to degenerate after that ..... (kind of like the Back Street Boys ... ouch!)

Enjoy!