That's (mister) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, to you

"What are you doing?"

I just finished binge watching 2 seasons of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ART, on Netflix.

I love hearing that awkward silence afterwards. Any time I'm doing anything "artsy" my friends go into a sudden coma the instant I tell them about it.😂

"So... How... Was it?" Is all they're able to contribute to the conversation they started.

Well, you know how I love to use heavy graphite in my drawings, like how Renaissance painters used heavy paint and certain brush strokes to manipulate the illusion of certain fabrics...

(Silence)

I'm going to try illustrating the same effects into my new series of drawings, but also using light and shadow like sunlight bouncing off slabs of marble, giving my drawings a more 3D effect...

(Silence)

Also, after the episode of Monet, I think I've discovered a new appreciation for impressionists, and post modern impressionists. You can't do that style with drawings really because graphite is more about attention to detail...

(Silence)

But if Raphael, and Michelangelo, can paint in realism, why can't I draw an impressionistic landscape with graphite?

(Silence)

And now I'm going to finish the bottle of red wine I opened last night, and possibly masturbate a few times.

"We picked up the most amazing Old Vine Zinfandel, last night at the wine tasting..."

See...

You may not always have much in common with some friends, but these are the same friends who picked up books on archeological 'Egyptian Book Of The Dead' and 'Study of Mumification' for my birthday because they know it interests me, even if they couldn't care less about those subjects.

And I love them for it.💋