July/August 2016

W.I.P Waternyph
07/2016
Sketch on Paper

So after almost 2 months of not drawing it was finally vacation time - I started learning about perspective and shadowing using youtube videos (30 days drawing challenge by Mark Kistler), my favourite youtube artists are: Mark Crilley, Baylee Jae and PaintingFoxes.

View from the balcony
10 minute sketch on paper

Learn how to draw in 1-Point Perspective and Learn how to draw in 2-Point Perspective (both videos from Mark Crilley)

 Mainly I had to draw Rockets for my son...

Techniques on Forshortening
"Ellipses" and "Coils", and The lightning bolt technique
drawn with a youtube video from Sycra

So then I also started to read "Zeichne jeden Tag" from Veronica Lawlor to "broaden my horizon" and get to know new media. Most of them are quite fun and mostly I get weird results - but that is also due to so little time and not sketching

Day 1: The First Step: Stillife with Fineliner
Fineliner on Paper
I was supposed to just doodle what I saw and concentrate on the objects rather than on realism

Day 2: Butterflys and Roses
Pen and Ink on Paper
This one was about trying out ink and quill and getting to know the media

Day 4: Meryl Streep in Death Becomes Her
Coal on Paper
The task was to grab charcoal, turn on a movie and pause randomly, then draw the drozen person on the screen without sketching. Although I am still really bad at proportions I am still amused about the outcome of this one, hence it fulfilled its purpose ^_^

  So then I bought a tiny sketchbook to sketch on playgrounds ^_^