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.
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.
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.
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.
Day 37
Another hand... Getting easier to sketch out something that looks fairly good in a short time.
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.
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.
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.
Day 31
I couldn't bring myself to draw another eye tonight, so I tried another life drawing. Still working on proportions...
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.
Day 26
An attempt at drawing an eye from observation (photo) trying to use what I've learnt from the recent tutorials.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Day 20
Headphones life drawing sketch. These were a good exercise in perspective so I might have another go at these soon.
Day 19
A goose from behind. I didn't finish this one as my head cold was getting the better of me today.
Day 17
A retry from Day 13... A few improvements, but still a really hard pose.
Also something completely new to the sketchbook. Some horses thanks to some stock photos from Chunga Stock
Day 16
I feel that these are a little better than yesterday. I wasn't as ridged about the construction and tried to let it flow more for the first two. However I am not sure they both look like women. lol
For the second page, I used horizontal dividing lines to give me eight regions, like an example in "The Fundamentals of Figure Drawing", then used the lines to attempt to guide the figure. I am having trouble with arms and where the breasts should go. My legs are looking a little better since I started highlighting the knee-cap.
I've used some more of the great stock poses from Senshi Stock
Day 15
If you're looking for some great stock photography to practice your life drawing, look no further than Senshi Stock!
Well here is todays efforts. These people will need a lot of practice
Day 14
Two weeks! Tone needs work, gesture needs work... Oh right. This is where my early success gives way to frustration. Or perhaps its just because I've caught a cold. I'm not giving up yet.
Day 12
That hand is mine... the lovely ladies are from photos. I started playing around about 2 hours ago, but a chunk of that time was spent searching for some tasteful images and starting a "resource" folder on my computer.
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