Friday: Lets Face It

At best I'm ok at drawing. Most of the sketches I do every week are copied from a book and I'm very good at it. But to be honest I'm meant to be able to just look at something - wether it's a person, an animal or a random object - and draw it, however as I have proved many times on a Monday I can't really draw freehand.

The emotions I went with this week were disgust, because I have really disliked a lot of the sketches I've done (I really need to cheer up). And hunger, I chose this basically because I was starving! I think I could have done a lot better with the young boy, to me it feels like it's lacking detail. I love the way I've drawn the old man (I know makes a change, right?), the left side of his face is great but I think the right eye is too high!

Thursday: Captain America Saves The Day… Kinda

As Thursday is super sci-fi day, I wanted to do a sketch that would kind of make up for the atrocity that was Thor and Loki, a couple of weeks ago. This time I decided to go with the main man of the Avengers, Captain America. With Thor and Loki I just drew them straight away, but this time I blocked out the sketch using different shapes to build the head and body.

Although it most definitely is not perfect, I know it's a lot better than my attempt at Thor and Loki. This is because I took my time building it up instead of going straight for the detail. There are a lot of things wrong with this like the head, shoulder, lips and torso, but ignoring that it's ok. But I know I can do better.

Wednesday: Alice, Why Can't I Draw You?

I'll tell you why I can't draw Alice… it's because she's a human being. I was able to draw three of the seven dwarfs and the evil queen (when she turns into an old hag). I think this was because they weren't so much carbon copies of a human, but more like caricatures. Alice is the first really human Disney character I've drawn, she looks quite good for my first go at a 'proper human'. Apart from a few issues with her face, arms and hands, I'm quite proud of it!

And here to prove my point is the white rabbit. As you can see its not perfect but you can clearly see who it is meant to be. Most of my Disney sketches have been quite good, so I'm glad that Alice and the white rabbit haven't come out so well, they remind me that I have a long way to go!

Tuesday: Why The Long, Deformed Face

I only had time to do one sketch, because I spent a long and stressful day at uni sorting out grades and student finance! When I first started this sketch I felt good about it. Using basic shapes to build the horse's head and then adding leaf shapes for the ears and nostrils, it was looking great. But then came the eyes. I think most my sketch is fine, it's just the eyes that make it look weird…

I think this is one of — if not the — worst sketches I've done. To me it looks like a cross between a mutated hamster and demon possessed horse. Hopefully the next animal I choose to  draw will be better... fingers crossed!

Monday: Really Not Good

I'm getting worse! I really need to find a life drawing class, I feel like I'm slowly loosing my skills as an artist (not that I have many). If I do manage to find a life drawing class, I think I would really benefit from it. I just don't think my minuscule amount of talent will be able to survive till September.

So there you go, that was my depressing start to the week… it can only get better, right?

This Was A Very Short Week

Drawing wise I mean. I only managed to complete three days of my second drawing week, this was basically because life got in the way. But I am determined to stick to my plan next week.

 Next week will be better, I promise!

In other news… Peter Capaldi is the 12th Doctor!

Friday: Faces!

I've never really been good with faces. Although I have slowly been improving my body drawing skills, when it comes to the face I always let myself down. I can never get the face to look realistic enough, whether I'm going for the cartoon or natural look. So that is why I have dedicated a day to just faces, here are my first four face sketches…

I've been working from the book Making Faces, it's an amazing book. It has lots of step-by-step guides on how to draw many different emotions. I only chose four and they were happy, angry, dread and dumbfounded. I'll be moving onto four different emotions next week, let me know which ones you'd like me to have a go at!

Tomorrow I should be sketching a storyboard, but I'll be in London for the day. So I'll be posting it on Sunday, see ya when I get back!