AEDM Day 15 and 16: Positively Negative
Aaaand I’m now caught back up on my Art Every Day Month! Also exciting and of note, this might be the furthest I’ve made it in Betty Edwards’ book since high school! So how’s everyone else doing with AEDM? To be honest, I’m really surprised (and proud of myself) for having caught back up and [...]
Art Every Day Month- Day 7-14 Catch Up
As you can see, I fell WAY behind completing and posting for the Art Every Day Month challenge. I am currently recovering from some nasty little virus that my son shared with me- yay, me. Since today was the first day since Friday I could actually stand to sit upright for any amount of time [...]
An Upside Down Dude: AEDM- Day 6
Today’s drawing exercise was to copy a line drawing upside down. So drawing this guy like this- Turned out like this- I love that this exercise is done early on in Betty Edwards’ book, sort of a “see, you CAN draw” confidence booster. Certainly turned out a hell of a lot better than yesterday’s memory [...]
A (Freaky) Face- AEDM: Day 5
This was another pre-instruction exercise from Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. The assignment was to draw a familiar face from memory, and good God, did this turn out funky! I can’t even bring myself to admit whose face it’s supposed to be- lol! Oh, well, part of the process, eh?
A Face Vase- AEDM: Day 4
Another exercise from Betty Edwards’ Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain workbook. The bottom half does all right, but towards the top the vase sort of turns into two different people. Regardless, I like this exercise, it kind of reminds me of the stacked bowl/vase pieces I created in my ceramics class in [...]
AEDM 2011: Day 3- A Room Corner
Nothing fancy here, today’s exercise was to draw the corner of a room. Obviously this is about perspective, scale, relations and whatnot. And obviously there are some areas that need some work. I’m okay with that. I’m not ok with using 2H pencils though; they draw far too light. I like the darker, smudgier qualities [...]
AEDM 2011: Day 2- Hand
Here’s Day 2 of my Art Every Day Month entries- Like I mentioned on my main blog, I’m spending the month working through Betty Edwards’ Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain book and workbook. This was another pre-instruction drawing. Yesterday’s AEDM drawing (a bloated self portrait) can be seen here. Odd that I [...]
A Bird and a Rainbow
A collaboration piece with J. He painted, I traced the outline of the bird I saw, and he added feathers and a tail (I know, it does kind of look like he’s pooping, doesn’t it?) This was all J., but I love that he named it “Rainbow”, because it has all the colors, just a [...]
Drawing Lab 6
I’m soooo behind on the Drawing Lab meetup that Angie is hosting. Ever since I started Carla Sonheim’s “The Art of Silliness 4″ online class, it’s just been harder and harder to keep up. One of these days I’ll get caught back up, but considering this is all supposed to be FOR FUN, it seems [...]
Dordle and Appella
I’m currently taking Carla Sonheim’s “The Art of Silliness 4″ online drawing class. It’s been great to spend time each day just drawing or doodling for FUN. No worries about whether something sucks or not, just experimenting and having fun. You know, like kids do when they draw. And the way it should be. And [...]
