Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Faces, Faces, Faces
In August I took Carla Sonheim’s Faces 101 class. Spent 5 days drawing and painting faces in lots of different styles. I really surprised myself by actually creating some faces that I didn’t hate, maybe even actually liked.
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
30 Cats
I’ve been drawing off and on for as long as I can remember. I’ve worked through several how-to-draw books and taken art classes. But I drew so sporadically that any skills I acquired were quickly lost and I felt like I had to start back at the beginning. the perfectionist in me was never satisfied with the results. Drawing became a frustrating chore.
But since I still have the desire to draw, I’ve decided I need to to do it more often, make it fun, and concentrate on the process instead of the results. Enter yet another book: Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists by Carla Sonheim.
The first exercise is to draw 30 cats while sitting or laying in bed. Here are my results:
