I think this is it for now, I'm itching to draw some people finally.
Ink wash on 20x36cm paper. Photo is very grainy, blergh. I tried to pull off some minimalistic comic look and I think it's OK, but I messed up the shading on the hand.
Continuing with the skull studies in various techniques, this time it's done in watercolor pencils. The background turned out crap so I tried to salvage it with regular colored pencils.
After that I did another study of a rose in a glass, watercolor pencils as well.
Both are 12x20cm. I'm thinking of buying actual watercolor, maybe I even learn to like this medium, hm?
As I wrote in my last post, I'm continuing with the sheep skull studies. Tonight I did a drawing in soft pastel on toned A4 paper.
This morning I couldn't sleep anymore so while I was waiting for my boyfriend to wake up, I sketched some portraits referenced from photos in a Taschen catalogue. Top left is a fragment of Lady Gaga, and Rachel Weisz at the bottom. Top right is some dude I don't know, I think a photographer of these ladies.
I completely forgot I had a sheep skull in a box lying around. I've been planning to make something with it, but before that I'll do some still life studies because bones are always such an interesting subject.
The first one I did last night. Just a general study. I used black and white sketching pencils, and red watercolor pencils.
Today's one was an attempt at comic-like drawing with a marker and ink, but as you can see I'm not very good at it, the lines are pretty messy. I suppose stippling would work much better here. Maybe I'll try that tomorrow.
I found this skull last spring I think, while I was walking with my mom through a village I used to live in when I was a kid. I saw it on the ground and said, "Hey look!". We paused, and then she asked, "Are you going to take it?" Of course I wanted to take it, but I'm so used to her being grossed out about everything, especially me picking up dead things from the ground and bringing them in the house (mostly insects) that I was reluctant to bring it up. So I guess this was her way of saying "It's OK, I accept you as a weirdo you are, you're a grown up now and I don't mind if you carry a sheep's skull in your bag." How nice of her.
Anyway. I'll be doing studies of this skull in a variety of techniques so I may bore you to hell with it. Sorry.
Drew this today while I was at my parents' place. I left it there so here's a rather noisy photo.
Graphite pencils on A4 paper.
My parents loved it. They love when I'm drawing something dull and uncreative, as opposed to bloody and gory things I'm usually drawing.
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