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Scene

A very quick sketch I drew while testing whether a 39" TV as my monitor was better for drawing. Turns out that's a bit too big... my eyes took a couple of hours to recover!

Today

Many drawings today, this is just a selection.

Turns out if I'm well enough to sit at my computer, drawing acts as an excellent distraction from the current craptacularness of my health.

Big cat

Today's been equal parts miss and hit with my drawings, but thought I'd at least show I'm still going, even if it's something simple.

Sketch

Another thousand like this and I'll be comic-creating ready :)

Sketch

Some more simple linework and shading

Jennifer Garner

My celebrity portraits have been few lately, as I've focused less on likeness and more on emotion or action. This one turned out OK though.

Fashion

Hoodie

Mostly interested in the shadows and folds.

Startle

Pose

Lex Luthor

My clumsy attempt at some colour and a glowing polyhedron...

Heart glasses

I think I'd started dodging the drawing of hands again, falling back into old habits. So this one's all about the hands :)

Bevy

Despite my lack of uploads, I have been averaging a drawing a day (and accelerating as I head towards my April holiday). Here's a small selection from the 30-odd sketches I've done the last month:

Feet first

Different angles and perspective make me work harder at observation, and hopefully give a more interesting result.

Shoot first

After only 3 hours of drawing during Jan, thanks to laziness as much as the heat, I'm trying to make a concerted effort to get some momentum back. Here's one simple result.

Speeding up

I just started my 7th sketch pad (or, more grandly, visual art diary). Adding in pages I've drawn outside these, I've filled something like 440 pages in the past 3 years. That only averages out at around half an hour of drawing a day. Most of what I've read about getting good at anything indicates I'll need to up that to something more like 2 or 3 hours, if I'm serious about developing.

That said, I've drawn more in these past few years than the previous 32 years put together, so I'm allowing myself a little pride, for improved effort if nothing else :) And nothing breeds quantity better than statistics, so I'm sure my latest pad will be full in no time!

Then and now

Sometimes (OK, often) I find myself doubting there's been any improvement in my outputs. I wonder if the (admittedly meager) commitment of time I make to drawing actually moves me towards a skill level I'm proud of. And then I accidentally see an old effort and a new one side-by-side, and realise that I've made some definite positive steps.

Here's a comparison between a Kate Beckinsale drawing I did July '07 and one I just finished:

The week so far

After a very productive day of drawing last Wed, I nearly let things slide again, but Mon night I did another couple of hours, and I'm about to start hour 2 for today. Mostly I'm just drawing quick sketches from my pool of reference material, rather than committing to any one detailed picture. I'm happy with the results so far, and enjoying the variety. Here's a selection: