I forgot to post yesterday’s 31 day challenge. So here’s a long one combining yesterday and today’s studio practice .
January 7th: Started with 30 seconds figure sketches. I don’t even know if I want to share those. Can you get worse the more you practice? Lol
Then i felt like trying a quick 10 minutes portrait sketch with willow charcoal. I haven’t sketched a portrait in about probably 30 years? And never with charcoal. My magic is with paint- and skipping sketching! Ha.
So this is a first. I probably should’ve tried the different sizes to make it easier on myself.
Room for improvement, that’s for sure but for a first try, i’m ok with it!
January 8th: Started this morning with 5 minutes sketches. In the reference video for the dancers, the artist suggested to draw whatever inspires you- and while I love the movement of dancers, I thought ok, I’ll try poses that’s been a big part of my life:sports!
But then it took me longer to find those references than sketching lol So I ran out of time to create more.
Finished with a quick portrait- in willow chalk. Already way better than yesterday’s. I always enjoy beard portraits.
