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Day 45

I've been slowing down a little to take more time working on developing my sheep. I don't want to rush it just to post up some more progress and some days it doesn't look like a lot of change even if I spend an hour on him.

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Day 40

On the second horn I think I may have to fill out a little more detailing in dark shadows, however I love how the tip turned out. The photo shows a tattered end and I really like how that translated to graphite. I've cleaned up the outside with a kneadable eraser.

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Day 39

I filled in the rest of the first horn, then used a tissue to gently work the colours together. This is a technique I saw someone talk about on deviantArt to give a wider smudge than a tortillon.

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Day 38

A little more work done on the horned sheep that I started last week. I bought a kneadable eraser today to try out.

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Day 37

Another hand... Getting easier to sketch out something that looks fairly good in a short time.

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Day 36

Loomis studies... I feel more frustrated than I did when I started. Perhaps it is my base circles, but most of these didn't really work out... I erased a couple as well.

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Day 35

Another attempt at my hand. I started getting a cramp towards the end of my drawing.

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Day 34

Redrawing subject from day 6 in graphite this time. I'm not sure which I like best to be honest - I can see positive points in both drawings.



Here is the drawing from day 6 which was done in charcoal to compare:

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Day 33

Portrait of a chicken. I am pretty happy with this one. I'm trying to move away from having to outline everything and into building up the shadows slowly. This took me about an hour.

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Day 32

Feathers are another tough area for me, but I like how this turned out. I remember attempting a swan as part of my highschool senior art project and this is significantly better than I remember from then.

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Day 31

I couldn't bring myself to draw another eye tonight, so I tried another life drawing. Still working on proportions...

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Day 30

Here is a horribly wrong attempt and a better attempt at the same eye...



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Day 29

Yet another eye. I really like this one. I didn't do the eyebrow this time.

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Day 27

Not much time!!! This is the roughing out of a horned sheep. I will try and spent more time on him over the next few days. I liked this point of the drawing though. It is sketchy like a gesture drawing, but he looks "right" to me in terms of proportion and depth.

It was hard to photograph because the pencil is so light. Times like this I realise I need to find my scanner.

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Day 26

An attempt at drawing an eye from observation (photo) trying to use what I've learnt from the recent tutorials.

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Day 25

Mouth with better shading thanks to Cataclysm-X's tutorials. I only did part way through his mouth tutorial as I need a kneaded eraser, but it is already a lot better. It is forcing me to take a little more time and think about what I'm doing. I blended a little with a tortillon.

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Day 24

How do I... so many things?

Ok, so I ended up finding a tutorial on eye drawing. The bottom eye is not drawn by copying step by step, not from observation. However, I think I really need shading tutorials just as much, if not more than anatomy tutorials. I also need to try and work bigger studies.

The tutorial I used is by Cataclysm-X.

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Day 23

It's a frog! I experimented with trying to lighten my touch towards areas that were out of focus to try and give him more depth.

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Day 22

Shading issues... and mouth issues... I need to practice details. I'm not entirely sure how to get better at shading. I guess I'll just keep trying.

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Day 21

The apple worked out a lot better than the hand. This was from a photo. I'm still getting over a cold which has cut down my urge to draw but I'm still trying to do something every day.

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Day 20

Headphones life drawing sketch. These were a good exercise in perspective so I might have another go at these soon.