I realized I had missed an entire chunk of line drawings – the designs for my SCA sign banners. They are sketchier in nature than the other images I have posted, but I figured some of you might still enjoy them.
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I decided to take the plunge and set up a modest Patreon account, where you can get advance reading, give input, and see special material. It is set up for those of you who can and want to support my creative efforts, even though I can’t promise lavish rewards.
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Today I decided to take a stab at my minimalist style of art. It was a lovely idea that I hope to find more success with tomorrow, but today’s endeavor was one frustration after another. The first problem is that I am currently at a friend’s house pet-sitting, so I don’t have access to all
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Talent is overrated, and placing all the emphasis on this one minor factor tells people that if they don’t have “talent”, that if it doesn’t come out perfect the first time with little to no effort, that you’re just doomed to mediocrity, so why try at all? Art is for those with “talent”. I call bullshit. Creating art is for those with enough passion for it to do all the hard work that it takes to build the skills you need to be able to make tangible what you see in your head.
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This day I focused more on roughly sketching figures and faces to practice proportion and placement. The bellydancer, musician, and girl with skateboard are all old prompts from a daily drawing group. The Wolverine was from a still of Hugh Jackman. I’m feeling a bit frustrated right now with my inability to render some details.
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This is another prompt from a daily drawing group on Facebook, but this time I attempted hatch shading. Human faces are terribly hard for me. It’s not at all accurate to the reference. I also tilted the image slightly and lost the feeling that she is leaning forward, and had more than a little trouble
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Graphite pencil HB, B, 2B, 4B in my sketchbook, ~4 hours of work. The drawing is based on a photo of silent film actress Betty Blythe.
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Concept sheets for my tarot deck, including rough sketches of the card design and notes on the card meanings. All the Aces, & the Two of Pentacles and Cups.
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For my emotional wellbeing, I need to reclaim art as an active part of my life, and to do that I need to rebuild my fundamental skills, which are really suffering after six years of almost no fine art (drawing/painting). Rebuilding fundamentals requires sketches and studies, a practice I attempted to start months ago, and
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Originally posted April 15, 2013.
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