Day 57: Something to Smile About

"Find occasions to celebrate your happiness. There is more to celebrate than anniversaries and birthdays."
-Amanda Bradley

This week's theme is celebration. So today I tried to draw a face that looked happy at least. It could fit the theme better, but I'll be sure to draw something closer to "celebration" later this week.

Also, this week I don't know that I'll be able to publish a post every day since I'll be traveling. I'll still draw every day and will try my hardest to post them when possible but it may not happen every day.

Day 56: Surprise

(a self portrait)

"A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art."

-Wendy Carlos

"Art must take reality by surprise."

-Francoise Sagan

Day 55: Mask

"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and we know we cannot live within."

-James A. Baldwin

This year for Christmas I drew portraits for my family. Christmas seems a while ago now, but I was not in a place that I could post these from/ didn't think of it until now. These are the celebrity portraits that I drew as gifts:

Bruce Springstein

Mel Gibson (as William Wallace in Braveheart)

Ryan Gosling

Lady Gaga

Day 54: Another Face

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

-Howard Thurman

I know this drawing is very similar to the one I did yesterday, but I really enjoyed this style or portrait so I wanted to try it again.

Day 53: Pretty Face

"I once knew a pretty girl

And she was in love with the world

And she loved a young man

Who loved her body but never saw her mind.

He took everything she had kept,

And then took everything else that was left"

-First Aid Kit, Our Own Pretty Ways

I've decided to stop following the themes strictly (I'll do them at least one day per week, but I'd rather be able to just draw what I want every once in a while as well). The thing I like to draw the most are faces, and that was the only thing I wanted to draw today. 

Day 52: Hot Chocolate

This picture doesn't even deserve a quote. I've hated everthing I've drawn lately; I don't know why I can't draw anything right. I also can't get the internet on my computer to work so I had to take a picture of it on that computer and email it to another computer, hence the terrible quality...again.

Day 51: Breeze

"Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms."
-Ikkyu Sojun