It was made quite evident to me, via a good group of friends of mine, that having the same sketchbook for four years probably isn't the best thing. I didn't think much of it before until I made myself the goal of completely finishing book before Christmas break, and found, to my dismay, that I draw like a twelve-year-old.
I've been more enthused than ever to draw everything and anything I find even remotely fascinating(or something I believe I could make fascinating).
Since the break, I've filled over 40 pages in my new little sketchbook, drawing something just about everyday. Yay! I can already tell see the progress and thought sharing just a few images might be fun.
You know you're sketchbook is in good use(or really cheep) when it starts falling apart. I don't go anywhere without this thing.
One of the fundimentals of sketchbook is the fact that, if we see a good composition and/or picture/draw etc. we record it. This was the cutest picture ever that I spotted on Pinterest.
I had forgotten just how much I LOVE charcoal. This medium just sings to me. The marks I can make are amazing and the contrast is mind blowing. Love it!
I've been reading a book of Fairy Tails lately. Randomly, when I'm reading along, an image will pop in my head. This one is from The Goose Girl, however, it's not necessarily accurate with the story. I fancied a different story from the one I was reading and this is the picture that was produced.
In the original version of Hansel and Gretel(Grimms version, at least), Gretel calls over a duck to help them cross a large stream that is too deep for them to wade across. Hansel looks quite distressed in this image.
This lovely lady popped into my head randomly one day as I was daydreaming (an extremely useful past time which I should try and initiate into my life more). I'm pretty sure she's disproportionate, and the window needs a lot of work, but what ev.
This is a lovely picture by Andre Kohn. The line quality in his pieces were mesmerizing. I couldn't help but copy.
During Christmas dinner we were fairly board sitting at the kids table away from the heated conversation of the adults. A friend of mine and my niece and I decided to entertain ourselves by suggesting things for me to draw. This is one of the products of that. An old dragon with ram horns and bat-like features.
A quote pictured along with an immage from EH Shepard's original artwork of Whinnie the Pooh. (I believe this is floating around Pinterest)
Some fantastic illustrations I found on t-shirts from the website threadless.com
In other news. I have some fantastic new frames on some of my older paintings. They're looking super fancy now.
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