Day 76: Just for Fun!

So these drawings today are drawings I did for fun. This first one I did today. I picked up some sketchbooks yesterday so I actually have paper to work on. I was having trouble deciding which medium to work in for my sketch and my crayons called to me (no, I don't have kids... the crayons are for me!) Crayons are not the easiest medium to work in. I sketched everything lightly and then worked at putting in all the detail. Somewhere along the line I ended up skewing the perspective with my crayons. I did an outline with a coloured pencil which skewed the perspective even more.

I'm sick right now with a cold, so I'm going to blame the perspective issues on that. Before you feel sorry for me you should know it's all my fault. This is just something that happens when you don't wear your coat outside. In my defence: I'm living in Vancouver and it's supposed to be spring. Coats should not come into play.

This second drawing is a self portrait (and yes I am a girl I just like my hair short!). I worked on a little bit yesterday and a little bit today. As you can tell it's nowhere near done. I'm still working a bit on making sure everything is placed correctly (maybe I should use this time to see if I'd look better with larger eyes, or a different hairstyle, ha ha!). The lighting is really harsh too, but I'll change that with time. When will I finish it? When it's done, of course. I'd like to try a portrait in colour. That will be one of my goals when my new computer comes in April.. and yes it wont be here 'till April, but I refuse to suffer in silence!

So how am I doing so far? Do you like my drawings? Am I posting too much or too little? Are my posts too long or short? Interesting or not interesting? Is there anything you'd like to see more of on my blog? Let me know. If you don't want to comment here please feel free to email me at daniduckart[@]gmail.com. Be sure to remove the brackets which are put in place to lessen spam in my inbox. I'm not afraid of harsh judgement... I was an art student after all so I'm use to it! I only ask that it's constructive criticism. If you don't like something (or do like something) please tell me why. Hrm I think that's it for today. I'm going to go blow my nose a few hundred times before I post again. Bye now!

Day 65.5: Country Comfort

I was lost at first on what to draw these past couple of days. I've pretty much exhausted on farm animals and farm equipment. At least I don't want to do a lot of mechanical farm equipment. I think I may do some hoes, a pitchfork or maybe a scythe, but big huge mechanical equipment doesn't appeal to me. Feel free to tell me how much my drawings need more mechanical equipment (I may change my mind). I think I may do a scarecrow and a field of corn. Maybe a close up on a windmill. I'm not sure what else I'm going to throw in there quite yet. 

I've got my new computer ordered. I'm not sure how long it's going to take to get to me. Friday I ordered and that evening I got an email saying that my credit card didn't go through. I'm sure it's a minor issue, but I can't do anything about it until Monday, ugh! Hopefully it will be resolved soon, and I'll have a brand new computer to terrorize..er help me with my life.