Architectural Cross-Hatching - A Good Try, Anyway

I have studied perspective in the past. I understand the basic principles pretty well. When it comes to setting up a drawing with so many things of interest, I get lost. When the view from the window is lacking an interesting focal point and the last bits of daylight are slipping away, what can you do? I started putting marks on the paper. This sheet is covered in messy little hatch marks. The result is something kind of muddled and confusing. I had so much fun making that mess, though!

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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.

Coat and Hat

Warm, grey marker and flair tip pen. I thought I would try combining these too together, but they seem to interact in weird ways. The hard, black edges seem to really point out the proportional problems here. Tomorrow, I would like to try working in reverse - adding the grey marker after the hard lines. It doesn't seem like it would make much of a difference, but it just might be the key to making this combination a success.

Rainbow Bisque

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