Singing in German (Week 3) – Wenn ich in deine Augen seh’
On October 18th I had my third singing lesson. At the beginning of the lesson, I usually share with Patrick the challenges I encountered during the last week of practice. Sometimes I focus exclusively on a new thing and forget the last one 😅. I know it’s difficult to think about everything we need to […]
Singing in German (Week 2) – Morgen
This week I had my second singing lesson. I feel quite comfortable learning and practicing in German. As I expected, one of the challenges is the technical vocabulary. In the first couple of lessons, I noticed that I didn’t know very important words for a singing student, such as Lunge(n) [lung(s)], Kehlkopf [larynx], Kiefer [jaw], […]
Skill Building Project #4: Singing in German (Week 1)
Singing in German will be the last skill building project of 2021. The idea of taking lessons of something in German was appealing to me from the get-go. In the last two projects (Cooking in Italian and Pen Drawing in German) I had used videos and an e-book, respectively. For that reason, this time I […]
Pen Drawing in German (Week 13) – Bleibende Erinnerung
After my Elvis pixelated portrait of Week 10 and Week 11 (yes, I like to think of him as Elvis, even if it’s someone else!), I wanted to try my hand at a second one. This time the subject of the drawing would be the German poet Matthias Claudius. The idea was to get started […]
Pen Drawing in German (Week 12) – Kritzeliges
What’s the best way to trace an image? Before trying the method I used in the Shakira image, I thought the only way was getting tracing paper. It turns out nowadays there are other ways! In fact, after learning this new method, I went to YouTube and found other techniques that involved the use of […]
Pen Drawing in German (Week 11) – Pixelkunst trifft Hollywood-Ikonen
The pixel-art project was by far one of the most entertaining drawings up to this point. It’s like drawing and painting at the same time. The good thing is that I had to use graph paper. The bad thing? I had to use graph paper 😅. I mean, I had to count squares and calculate […]
