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    Quote Originally Posted by rosarugosa View Post
    I'm glad you asked! I think I am by nature someone who is more inclined to the zen of hand tools. But power tools are - well - powerful! And I feel powerful when I use them! Some interesting exchanges in our class:
    DH to Rosa: Well, we would really know how to do this kind of basic project anyway without taking a class.
    Rosa: No way, not me. You got to take shop when you were a youngster, and I was learning how to sew an apron. This is a whole new world for some of us!
    Guy in class: You know, if you get the saw spinning to full speed before you bring it down to the wood, you will get a cleaner cut.
    Rosa: Thanks! You're right, so much better!
    Rosa's sister: Did you get what he's saying? This is all Greek to me!
    Rosa: I got some of it, and we'll figure out the rest together.
    Can't remember who to who, but Rosa finds out there is a laser line from the miter saw showing where to cut. I was using the shadow of the saw blade. Subsequent testing shows that it's 6 of one and half a dozen of the other.
    DH and I did put down hardwood floors throughout our house, and he showed me how to cut the hardwood strips with our small miter saw. That was very cool and we built some awesome floors, and that was really my only power tool experience before this class.
    Seems like you have a good attitude and mindset to learn!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ultralight View Post
    These are a few sketches
    Nice! Art is so subjective that I find making myself happy with the work is more important than what anyone else thinks of it, positive or negative. Keep it up!
    Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington

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    I am still chipping away at this hobby of sketching. Here are a few human faces I have drawn, though they are not any particular human faces just composites from memories or people I have seen around or in photos or what-have-you.

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    I have also been trying to closely imitate the pieces of real artists. Here are some examples of me trying to do so. IMG_1848.jpg

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    It looks as if you are having a wonderful time, UL.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nswef View Post
    It looks as if you are having a wonderful time, UL.
    Thanks!

    It is such a simple hobby -- a handful of pencils and a sketchpad.

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    Good stuff! And yes, it's a minimalist's dream as far as required equipment!

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    A few sketches as an update on this project.

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    One more:

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    I really like the drawing of the cell phones showing bits of a cohesive portrait. Great idea!
    Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington

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