January 23

1-3 minute sketches

5-10 minute sketches

January 10, continued...

Saturday January 10

Hand Lettering

I liked the title of today's Sunday School lesson and made a hand-lettered sign for it. I wish it had been more curly and complex, but it was what I was able to do without learning anything new ;-)

Jan 2 - baby owl

This pic was done after December was over, but it's the first day in a few I haven't felt like death. The pic is based on a very cute painting, and it has me really wondering what I'm doing wrong with my white charcoal that it doesn't seem to work to create lines.

Dec 30 - Lines

Practice with the light and dark pencils I got for Christmas. Notice how much smoother the lines get after just a short warm up. I should really do warm up exercises before I draw.

Dec 29 - Another Eye Study

I've been taught in art that the iris of babies is the same size as adults, but it never seemed right to me. So when a friend posted a photo of her family, I decided to do some photoshopping to test it out:

In order, the eyes are hers, her baby's, and her husband's. I haven't adjusted the sizes at all.
Her son's eyes are much smaller than hers (obviously), and even looking at it, it still doesn't totally make sense to me how it works.