Thanks for the video. That was great. I’ll have to put that region on my bucket list. The terrain reminds me of California Gold Country, south of Sacramento. I used to ride there back in the late-70s and early-80s on my Honda CB750. Lots of hills and twisties. The stuff we like. I am in Southeastern Montana and it is the prairie. Most roads are on a section line so they’re straight but everything south and west of us is mountains. I am an hour from the Beartooth Highway which is a major motorcycle route. Just south of there, and making a loop with the Beartooth, is the Chief Joseph highway which, IMO, is a better motorcycle route but the Beartooth has better scenery. I’d done the loop a couple times and it’s a great day ride. Plus, the Beartooth Highway takes you right into Yellowstone Park, another great day ride.
BTW, what do you use for you camera setup? While out riding yesterday I thought about it but I am concerned that, for me, the extra thing to fiddle with, would be a distraction. I have a Cardo on my helmet and keep my phone in my pocket. No other farkles but being able to grab some video is attractive.
Ah, yes, my BFA. I retired in 2012 after teaching high school drafting and computer programming for 21-years. I’ve always like to draw, especially mechanical things, so I did a 2-year vocational program and worked in the petro-chem industry for 10 years or so before making the career change and moving to Montana. To accomplish that I finished my BA in Industrial Arts and rather than take more drafting classes, my area of concentration was photography, an addiction that I’d picked up while in the army in the early 70s. While my studies of photography brought me close to the world of fine art, I really didn’t know that much about it. As part of planning for retirement, I learned that one needs to be learning new things and challenges to keep the brain supple. To that end I decided to find a drawing class. I’d been doing some drawing for quite a few years but not that many and, to bring this closer to photography, I liked how a pencil, moved along a nice piece of paper, left behind graphite on the the fiber that looked like the grain of film.
I looked for a drawing class in 2015 and found one at the local university and I also found that, as a Vietnam-Era vet, I qualified for a tuition waiver if I enrolled in a degree program. That was about 7-years ago and I have learned LOTS. I’ve concentrated on drawing, photography, and some painting and while I have certainly picked up some skills, where I have really changed is in how I think and feel about my art and art in general. I really favor the early modern art movement from 1920-1930, especially geometric abstraction which makes sense with my background in drafting. This semester I’m doing some pieces influenced by the Precisionists. Here’s one in graphite and pastel, 15”x22”.
Supposed to be about 70 tomorrow. Looks like I’ll be riding….
BTW, what do you use for you camera setup? While out riding yesterday I thought about it but I am concerned that, for me, the extra thing to fiddle with, would be a distraction. I have a Cardo on my helmet and keep my phone in my pocket. No other farkles but being able to grab some video is attractive.
Ah, yes, my BFA. I retired in 2012 after teaching high school drafting and computer programming for 21-years. I’ve always like to draw, especially mechanical things, so I did a 2-year vocational program and worked in the petro-chem industry for 10 years or so before making the career change and moving to Montana. To accomplish that I finished my BA in Industrial Arts and rather than take more drafting classes, my area of concentration was photography, an addiction that I’d picked up while in the army in the early 70s. While my studies of photography brought me close to the world of fine art, I really didn’t know that much about it. As part of planning for retirement, I learned that one needs to be learning new things and challenges to keep the brain supple. To that end I decided to find a drawing class. I’d been doing some drawing for quite a few years but not that many and, to bring this closer to photography, I liked how a pencil, moved along a nice piece of paper, left behind graphite on the the fiber that looked like the grain of film.
I looked for a drawing class in 2015 and found one at the local university and I also found that, as a Vietnam-Era vet, I qualified for a tuition waiver if I enrolled in a degree program. That was about 7-years ago and I have learned LOTS. I’ve concentrated on drawing, photography, and some painting and while I have certainly picked up some skills, where I have really changed is in how I think and feel about my art and art in general. I really favor the early modern art movement from 1920-1930, especially geometric abstraction which makes sense with my background in drafting. This semester I’m doing some pieces influenced by the Precisionists. Here’s one in graphite and pastel, 15”x22”.
Supposed to be about 70 tomorrow. Looks like I’ll be riding….
