Figure Drawing Sunday 10/23/16

Having been away from figure drawing for a couple weeks, it was not surprising to come away from this session feeling like I lost a step. The charcoal in my hand wasn't following along with my eyes. I struggled to get the full value range onto my paper. This man with a stick, holding onto the top of a chair was the best of my four drawings for the day.

Sunday figure drawing will be on a slight hiatus soon. I will need to find something else to do in order to keep practicing. This might be a good time to start trying still-lifes.

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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

Twinbee

Trying some new ways of picking colors for my digital pieces. I was not aware that Illustrator has a tint slider. I feel much more confident sticking to a very limited number of hues with a tint and shade for each. This illustration uses only three: blue, pink, and tan. Twinbee is one of my favorite video games - it perfectly captures the weird concepts and bright colors that find their way into my work. Not sure where this pose came from, but I didn't want it to waste away in my sketchbook.

Rainbow Bisque

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