Demos from January 16, 2006

[Michael D. Nicola]

TITLE: Ideation sketches
MEDIA: Newsprint paper, Prismacolor Verithin hard lead coloured pencils, and Prismacolor soft lead coloured pencils
NOTES: Various one and two-point perspective sketches intended to illustrate basic rough ideation sketching techniques.

[dado]

nice, thx for posting Mike

[klaud]

Good to have you back Mike....but you seem a little rusty. haha, kidding. See you Monday night

[Michael D. Nicola]

Hi Klaud,

It's good to be back, and you're right - I am rusty. But that's normal for me... give me a couple of weeks (to get out a few uglies) and I'll back to normal... LOL!

I've seen some of your work in the display cases at Humber. Very impressive!

Drop by the class anytime.

Mike

[dado]

Just got back from loomis and curry's looking for the "plug-in" power sharpener. Loomis had the best price at $45?!?! Seems a little pricey...maybe someone knows a better place to buy these for less $$$ or another option is to organize a group buy...anyone?

[Michael D. Nicola]

Try Grand & Toy or Staples Business Depot. They sell a lot more of these than any art store, so they will probably have them at a better price. Another option might also be eBay.

But even if Loomis is the cheapest price you can find, as long as the sharpener is a good make, it's worth it. I have both a Boston and a Panasonic electric pencil sharpener, and while both offer the similar featuers (automatic stop, etc...) I prefer the Boston unit. It seems to have a more powerful motor making it less prone to stopping if I push my pencil into it too hard.

Regardless, both still work fine so it's obviously not something that will be replaced frequently. So if you spend the money on a good one, chances are you'll have it for a long, long time.

[dado]

Thanks for the advice Mike, I'm off to go buy a power sharpener now because sharpening is the reason why i prefer pen over the verithins.