Practice, Practice and More Practice!

I love drawing, but I would never consider graphite my favorite medium. The benefits of drawing practice extend into painting and digital art, so I never consider my time with a pencil to be a waste.

Today, I focused my time on one part of the face rather than an entire body. With fifteen minutes, I was able to capture an entire eye and begin fleshing out the values and details. Tomorrow, I would like to try starting in a section and working from contour to contour without jumping around too much.

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Ferret

Trying out a challenge to myself - to create "finished" pieces with a limited color palette on a consistent schedule. I am still working out the final guidelines. I think I would like to challenge myself to use a new texture in each piece as well. I've had this unfinished sketch in my sketchbook forever. Even though I'm not entirely happy with it - it feels great to finally have it done!

Ice Skating Characters

A Competent Profile

As I start to become more familiar with proportions and measurements for the various faces I attempt to draw, I am starting to wonder how to make a more complete portrait with my limited time. Do I stick to lines? Do I bring a brush and some ink? Which lines should I include? Which shapes are important to represent? Maybe this is a good time to look at the work other artists have done and try to work out some of their methods.

Rainbow Bisque

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