I finally did something about learning how to draw — not just as a technical skill, but cultivating the patience to actually sit and endure the slowness required to do it. inspired by @csilverman to use apple’s note app: i just like how it is automatically dates like a journal and syncs smoothly across all my devices. yes as a former designer i can’t draw to save my life: #drawing#art
Rev 2 from last night. The original was an even number across and this one is much better (says my Extreme Attention To Detail) despite it not being centered on the page.
First #mermay of 2023: Red Bellied Piranha Mermaid.
Traditional art drawn with dip pen and coloured with ink washes. Unnecessary tendrils are always necessary.
Reference pose provided by the glorious @JookpubStock
The idea of a blind contour drawing exercise is to draw someone with a continuous line and especially to not to look down. So @LeapingWoman and I gave it a go for 60 seconds.
Her drawing has recognizable features. Pretty good.
And as you can see, I have proof that I did not look down.