Catching up (Part III: Quotes)

Something I've been doing a lot of over the last few days are these little doodles with quotes. They're a lot of fun and very quick (don't take more than 3-5 min each).

Side note: Once I finish cleaning my room today I think I'm going to start hanging these on my wall. I still have a huge amount of blank wall space despite the fact that I already have a lot of posters hanging up. My ceiling is almost absurdly high, so it takes a lot to fill up a wall.

Catching up (Part II: Portraits)

I haven't been doing a ton of drawing portraits, but these are the portraits I've drawn over the last 2 weeks. I've been drawing a lot (most) of them from just my brain rather than looking at a picture (except for a few, such as the portrait of Twiggy), which is probably why most of the faces I've drawn recently tend to look the same. I'm working on being able to draw a variety of faces without looking at different pictures.
I've also been doing a lot of my drawing in ink lately. For some reason, I'm just finding it more fun at the moment.

Catching up (Part I: Doodles)

Just because I haven't been posting much doesn't mean I haven't been drawing. I just haven't been taking the time to actually post anything. And then the longer I wait, the less likely I am to take the time to post because there's so much catching up to do. 

So here is part I of me catching up with all the posting that I've been neglecting to do. Part I is just going to be a few doodles from class.

As you can see, my go-to doodles tend to be faces or trees.

Fresh start

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down."

-Mary Pickford

This is vaguely based on an ad I saw that I really liked. 

EDM Challenges and a Portrait

I've only gotten around to drawing a few times over the last week or two, and I'm finally posting them now.

The first one is an EDM challenge I did a while ago. EDM Challenge #4: draw your mug or cup.

The second thing I've drawn is another EDM Challenge. I skipped a few because I was at work study when I draw it and the things I wanted to draw for EDM challenges 5, 6, and 7 were not with me. EDM Challenge #8  is draw your watch or other piece of jewelry:

And today, I decided to draw something that wasn't an EDM challenge:

EDM Challenge 3: Purses, Wallets, or Bags

I originally started drawing my bag, but it just seemed so boring. So I decided to draw my Vera Bradley wallet instead. Mostly because I love the shape of keys, and I keep all five of my keys chained to it.

EDM Challenge 2: Draw a desk lamp or other lamp

I can't say lamps are the most interesting thing in the world to draw. Although at least my own desk lamp is a lovely shade of green.

"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism, or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."

-Martin Luter King, Jr.

EDM Challenge 1: Draw a Shoe

I found something today called the Everyday Matters Challenges. There are over 300 of them, and today I'm going to start them from the beginning. Number one is draw a shoe. So, here is a drawing of my feet:

"We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away."

-Plutarch

Some weekend drawings

"My eyes are my favorite part of me- not for how they look, but for how they see."

-Chris Sebastian

Days 283-285

Since I was away camping and without internet access this week, here are my sketched from Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday:

I've decided that I'm no longer going to do a drawing every day because drawing when I'm not in the mood or don't have enough time to do something that's not crap makes me not like drawing. Also, I'm taking 5 classes this upcoming semester and already know that there will be days where I simply won't have time for even a scribble. I'll still try to do something on most days, but not every day.

Day 282

Day 281

Day 280

Day 279

A really fast one...

Day 278

Day 277

"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers."

-James Thurber

Day 276: Helena Bonham Carter

"I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone."

I just watched an episode of Cupcake Wars that revolved around the work of Tim Burton, which was the inspiration behind drawing Helena Bonham Carter. 

Day 275

Day 274

Today, I sketched something as fast as I possibly could (because I feel awful and just want to sleep). And this was the messy result.

Day 273: Classic Marilyn

"I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it."

-Marilyn Monroe

I got a Classic Marilyn poster today at Target, which inspired me to draw her in this classic Marilyn pose.