Child of God and a follower of Christ.
Depression fighter.
Spec Fic writer and artist.
STEAMM lover and a 2A supporter.

These are my stories.

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DeWayne's Art Dreams - YouTube Drawing Videos I have collected and curated
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Study. Practice. Learn. Draw. Write. Breathe. Live.

Gathering and uniting the Forces of the Warriors of Spe C'f Iic.
Bringing understanding. Lighting the darkness. Defending mankind from ancient evil.

Too often, I fail God, but He picks me up, cleans me off, and helps me to continue on the journey of living life, writing, and drawing for Him.
My childhood home was Alaska, where I had a fair share of adventures and misadventures, including surviving the largest recorded earthquake to hit the North American continent.
Record-breaking earthquakes hit Klamath Falls, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington while I lived in those areas as well. Much of my writing takes place in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
In 2nd grade I became an avid reader, and in 7th grade I began the struggle with myself, and God, of whether or not I wanted to accept the title "Writer."
I use this blog as a way for me to get myself to work on self-assigned writing projects, a way to encourage myself to get on with the adventure of being a Spec Fic writer and artist.


For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, And what I dreaded has happened to me.
I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, for trouble comes.”

My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,
and horror hath overwhelmed me.

I will call upon God;
and the Lord shall save me.
Evening, and morning, and at noon,
will I pray, and cry aloud:
and he shall hear my voice.

My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the King; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer. - Psalm 45:1 King James Version

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
And establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands. -Psalm 90:17

And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
To devise cunning works, … to work in all manner of workmanship.
… and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom,
that they may make all that I have commanded ... - Ex 31:3-6 King James Version

He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold and silver and bronze, in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship. Ex35:31-32 NKJV

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. - Psalm 19:1 King James Version

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. - Psalm 33:6 King James Version

Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever You had formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. - Psalm 90:1-2

Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. - Nehemiah 9:6 King James Version

For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name. - Amos 4:13 King James Version



01 December 2022

6 Years

It's been 6 years to the day since I've blogged.
That entire blog article was: 

"This Page Left Intentionally Blank."  

 

In MAY 2016, I went to my last NCWA Writers' Renewal Conference. 

After finishing up, I found some old drawing videos I had saved 5 years prior, in 2011.  That got me started down the road of watching more YouTube videos and learning how to draw.  Eventually, I started a channel so I could save my favorite videos in playlists that I organized according to subject.  Then I could collect similar playlists into shelves. 

 

I started using my sketchbooks to journal in AUG 2016, until then I had been using OneNote to journal.  Before that I used Word for maybe a dozen years, and before that, I had hand-written my journal entries in a 3-ring binder for maybe 20+ years. 
 
Back  in AUG, 2022 I returned to journaling in OneNote in addition to using the sketchbooks to journal, and I started sharing those particular OneNote entries on Facebook.  It is this that has started me thinking about beginning to blog again. 

 

In the past, I blogged mostly about my dealing with depression, particularly dealing with depression while trying to write, including while trying to blog, which is why my Blog is entitled "Ruggles' Roamings", which pretty much describes where I went in my journaling travels. 

 

Now I'm thinking about blogging the things I'm learning while I study drawing (and writing). I've been thinking about rewriting my sketchbook notes so that they are more legible, comprehensive, understandable, and just plain usable. Most recently, I've been trying to gather my notes together on the Fundamentals of Art/Drawing, Elements, Principles, and Composition Types. It was gathering together these notes that reminded me I had already been thinking about rewriting all my old notes. It was also what got me starting to think about blogging my notes about what I'm learning. 

 

Part of my drawing habit was to keep my receipts for my sketchbooks and other supplies. According to one receipt, I bought my first sketchbook 14 years before I ever got around to using it.  This would have been in 2002.   

 

My drawing journey started 28 years ago in 1994.  This was the year in college when I took a drawing class as an elective, so I could get 12 credits, and be a full-time student to get my financial aid while I finished up my Senior Project for my Software Engineering degree at Oregon Institute of Technology.  Between 1994 and 2016 I started buying art books, which I only discovered later, weren't really all that helpful, and I've since given them away.  It was during this time that I bought my first sketchbook. 

 

It was when I started watching YouTube videos that I really started feeling like I was learning something.  I have since collected a number of PDF books from places like archive.org that I can use as further reference on top of the videos I so enjoy watching.     

 

I hated art class in high school.  It was more like a crafts class.  My "teacher" couldn't teach how to draw to save his life.  He taught me nothing about the fundamentals of drawing – elements, principles, and composition.  He'd give us an assignment and not show us how to do it.  So kids who could already draw could do it, and could do it quite well.  This experience made me hate "art."   

 

I also love photography and wish I could do more of it as well, but there is only so much time in the day, and with trying to get some writing done, and trying to get back into learning to draw it pretty much eliminates any time/energy for any serious photography.  So lately, most of my photography has been selfies that I posterized/desaturated to use as references for lighting the head. 

 

 

My questions are: 

 

Should I keep the same blog name? I do want to focus on what I'm learning while studying drawing (and writing). But I may still keep including my struggles with depression, particularly when it is connected to my studies. 

If I should rename it, what is a good name? 

Or should I just start a new blog altogether, and what should I name it? 

 

I'll have to think about this for a while. Any suggestions? 

 

 

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I am a Child of God and a follower of Christ. 

I am a depression fighter. 

I write Spec Fic, make photographic images, and draw. 

I am a STEAMM lover and a 2A supporter. 

 

These are my stories. 

 

Watch the drawing videos I collected at: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/user/Delta7ServicesGroup/playlists 

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