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Sunday, 30 December 2018

end of year doodle...

After getting some drawing pens as a Christmas gift I really wanted to pick them up and draw something. When in doubt, doodle...

Faber-Castell PITT artist pens (Indian ink), Jansroad pigment liners, Paperchase rainbow gel pens and white Gelly Roll gel pen...and I finished with Faber-Castell Polychromos coloured pencils.

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Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Days 8-14 Eye Doodle Challenge / Sea Lemon

Wow, this is such an interesting challenge! I have gazed into the depths of eyes (via photographs) of creatures I would never have thought to draw. What I'm feeling is similar to having watched re-runs of David Attenborough's Blue Planet, and awe at our world's diversity. Some eyes belong to predators, some to prey, and some to those whose only predator is human (read that last sentence again with Sir David's voice).

Next 7 eyes from my sketchbook:

snake

elephant

whale

fly

crow

dog

hornbill

The prompt for day 12 turns out to be COW instead of CROW which is quite funny.

I'm finding the paper in my sketchbook (Winsor & Newton 170gsm/80lb) not up to my layering of pencil - towards the end of each drawing the paper seems to become fragile, though I may be over-burnishing. Have been looking into alternatives and the Strathmore range seems good.

Tuesday, 3 April 2018

Days 1-7 Eye Doodle Challenge / Sea Lemon

YouTuber Sea Lemon runs a channel where she makes videos about ' DIY decor, bookbinding, art tutorials, supply hauls, doodle challenges, bullet journal ideas and more'. I particularly like her videos on stitching notebooks and journals. For the month of April (or whenever it suits you) she's hosting an art challenge. There's a downloadable sheet and prompts - and if you do decide to join in then post your images to Instagram adding the hashtag #sealemon. Check out bloowabbit Instagram hashtag as well!

So here's my first 7 eye drawings. Yes, I've skipped ahead a little - sometimes with art challenges it's wise to complete a few days extra just in case you're not able to draw on a designated day. As long as the art is uploaded on the specific date all is okay. These drawings are made with coloured pencil in a sketchbook - Faber-Castell Polychromos. I wanted to go for realism and the print out sheet didn't give me enough space for that. Apart from the first image (that's my bleary eye) I sourced images online.

The chameleon and the fish eyes were the most difficult as they were the most alien to anything I've drawn. This challenge is not only good practice for my quality of work, it's really interesting seeing the differences in eyes of various creatures. I don't find the challenge tedious and look forward to the next eye prompt.

Eye Doodle Challenge / Sea Lemon

Other challenges I've blogged:

One week into Februdoodle - Feb'18

A change develops in my doodling style - Feb'18

Sharpie fumes oveload... - Feb'18

Past the finish line... - Feb'18

Thirty Drawings pt1 - Sep'17

Thirty Drawings pt2 - Sep'17