A week in quick portrait sketches

 

I have really been enjoying these quick portrait sketches as I "warm up" to ease myself back into drawing/painting portraits.

I decided to challenge myself to work on angled faces...

The goal is just to get the placement of the features in the "right" spots.

I used only 1 coloured pencil so I wasn't able to get much depth.

And I used coloured pencils so that the mark-making is deliberate as I can't erase any "mistakes".

Then I. progressed to using 2 shades of the same colour - a mid-tone and a darker shade - so that I can create shadows and get more depth.

I can see myself making slight improvements with each portrait sketch. What do you think? Should I dive right back in to full-colour portraits? *winks*

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The other day's girl in my sketchbook

 

Hello friends! It's almost Christmas! How are your preparations? I've been busy baking cookies all day. Tomorrow will be the fun part of actually decorating them! Yes, it's your gal's first time making decorated sugar cookies. And she intends to give them away as gifts. *winks*

 But here's the other day's girl in my sketchbook. I went in with a white gel pen to define her features and I like how she turned out. :)

Happy week ahead friends! :)

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Workspace Wednesday - a face from the sketchbook

 

I haven't been drawing much in the last few months. Yep...my 100 portraits project for 2020 is a total bust. I think I did like 20. :(

Prior to the whole COVID 19 pandemic, I would draw at a cafe for a bit after a late lunch while finishing my cup of tea. Now that we have been home for the last 8 months, there would always be something else to do in the house - fix something, vacuum, cook et cetera. Lots of distractions.

Plus, I wanted to do 100 portraits of family and friends. The need for resemblance in my drawings to real life people made the task seem harder so the lazy person in me just avoided it altogether. 

Today, I went back to my usual cafe to find a little inspiration to start again. It has been 8 months since I've last been here. Just a quick sketch...a loose drawing with no likeness to anybody in my life. Just to get back into the rhythm of drawing again. This is the product so far.

What about you? Is there one aspect of your life you feel uninspired/unmotivated by?

 

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Drawing mum - a page from my sketchbook

Hello friends! The other day mum showed me a photo of her younger self and I decided that I should be less narcissistic (one would think that given the number of self-portraits I have been sharing...*LOL*) and draw mum instead. ;)

Here is younger mum...back in the early 70s.

As always, I started with a rough sketch with my non-dominant hand. Yep...it looks terrible but I find that it helps me loosen up and not overthink.

Here is a mid-process shot. I only used one coloured pencil for this sketch.

What do you think? Do I resemble my mum?

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