It was a very organised night last night. I got 10 of my friends to pick their five favourite. It didn’t occur to me to take photographs of it happening. It went very smoothly and efficiently.
There were three that were the clear favourites.
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Kristy
Drawing has been winding down. It’s a good thing. Doing it non-stop for two weeks can take the fun out of it.
Kristy was very fun drawing though.
Focus group one
Last night I showed my friends all the drawings I did in the past two weeks. I had about 12 drawings and wanted the group to choose the top 5. I didn’t think I would need some type of voting system but I kinda did, hehe. I wasn’t expecting so many people to be involved. Good thing is that overall, everybody liked my stuff. I also got some very good criticism, which I am very open too.
Here are a few the group decided on.
Jadetree
My first drawing of Jade was so bad, I made her arms look so muscular. She was performing her set.
She’s a very beautiful girl, and I find beautiful girls very hard to get right. I tried three times. This is my third try.
I hope she forgives me.
Monday
Drew for 6 hours or so. Really getting into the groove. It’s easier when I just draw and not think “Ok, so this one is going to count, this one will be good!” I get a better result when I relax and just do it, and it’s more fun. No pressure. Hmmm…maybe that means I can’t perform under pressure.
The first drawing.
The Last drawing
First day on my own
Personally I think I didn’t do that well…I’m not used to colour. I’m going to keep at it of course! It took me two years to get the hang of anatomy, and I’m still not great but I’m not afraid of figures. So now I’m getting over my fear of colour.
I have to stick with 1 base colour and go from cool to warm with it. Right now, I feel if I can get the hang of that I’ll be satisfied for the time being. Anything more I get overwhelmed. Here are a few examples.
First, without limiting my palette
Second, sticking with one colour and going from warm to cool
A bit hard to see on the scan.
Patrick
Another awesome drawing day. Drew one of my friends. The swirls usually work for me but somehow in this drawing they don’t work. The neck area especially was challenging but now I have a clearer idea on how I can solve some problems.
Jeremy Mask
My friends’ little 6 month old.
middlenam 