I liked yesterday's #inkyDays drawing so much that I did one on watercolor paper. I also made some progress on a bigger floral piece. So much drawing today :)
Recently I started to travel a lot again and I don't really have motivation and time for drawing practice.
Today though I managed to get some:
This time I was experimenting with quick sketch. Instead of really looking at proportions between shapes I started with one shape and based whole drawing on circles with specific ratios.
That's why the nose it too big :bongoCat: It's easy to get lost when you loose reference and try to go faster with #drawing#art#watercolor
I also gave up on #fountainpen
Because I did not use it for two weeks straight it got dry and stopped working. I think the brush is better for me :blobcatcoffee:
@grayrattus Some pens are better than others when it comes to drying out. I've had some dry out in a matter of days, while others have been fine after a few years. I'd highly recommend pretty much any of the Platinum range. They have what they call a "Slip & Seal" cap, which allows you to leave the pen untouched for up to a year (sometimes more) without it drying out.
Dream Path, colored pencil and digital art. I woke in a dream. Stone stairs I knew not beckoned me follow. Pondering I gazed. Magic danced in the sky, evermore enticing. What venture awaited me I'll never know, awakening too soon.
ART - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/dream-path-deborah-league.html
Sitting #kingfisher - based on my mother's photos. I rather exactly "copied" its pose.
For some reason pattern on its head and wings looks like the sky for me. Not sure if it was so visible on original photos.
I was going through a phase today and really am starting to like grittier, darker-looking artstyles. I dont even know atp idk what else to do 😭💀
it's also another practice on adding details and taking things slow with drawing, alongside further developing a sense of fashion and style 🤪
Hoping to say this session was worth the effort, strife and shyness due to sheer fangirling.
I don't draw a ton of fantart but I've drawn more of it in the recent months than I think in many years. I think it's because I've been flailing around a lot, creatively, and it's just nice and comforting to simply draw a familiar character now and then.
And these old characters... they're visually striking, aren't they? They were designed to reproduce easily on cheap newsprint, so they had to be colorful with a strong visual throughline. They are fun.
#Drawing of Hexia, whose hat got stuck to a tree. Her hands are caught in something growing from the tip of her witchy hat (so I avoid drawing hands 😂 ). She even has her feet propped up against the tree in an attempt to get her hands and her hat free.
@peterdrake fwiw - while I am not great at drawing - that was precisely the point at which I stopped using books for learning and started watching artist videos. This isn't natural for me - I strongly prefer books to video for learning. But visual arts unfold continuously over time rather than in discrete intervals. And there's a lot of different right ways to do things depending on what style you're going for. Comparing a few artists' vids for similarities and differences shows a lot. My $0.02
