Still trying to get the hang of working on toned tan paper for my eye drawings...
I do enjoy the depth I can achieve with a few more layers. :)
Showing posts with label eye sketch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eye sketch. Show all posts
Wednesday
Monday
January in eye drawings
Can you believe that we are almost 3 weeks into 2025? And I have spent 11 days of it out of the country on 2 separate trips. And now have slightly over a week to prep for CNY 2025.
The upside is that I got a little "me" time in and did a few eye drawings (yay..go me!).
Happy week ahead friends!
Thursday
This week's single eye drawing (again)
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Yep. This is all I have drawn this week. Time has been scarce. But I really like it. The fluorescent pencils are a real game changer. Can you see the "glow"? So much fun! :)
P/s: I have been dabbling with some mixed media...more to share in a bit!
Monday
Mixed Media Monday - Let's get back to the eye sketches
Did I mention that I started my daily eye sketches 2 weeks ago? Well, that was a false alarm. *LOL* I think I did 3 and stopped. Just stupid to add something to my plate that was already overflowing with life plus CNY prep. But here we are, trying again today. :)
Happy week ahead friends!
Tuesday
Eye drawing on a Tuesday
So this gal has dropped the ball on the daily eye sketch in her bid to finish up some stuff before the end of 2022...*excuses* But she started again today. And here is her eye drawing on a Tuesday...*high fives all around*
Hope you are doing better in your "need-to-finish-by-2022" list than me. *winks*
Friday
I tore a hole in my eye drawing and tried to fix it
So this eye drawing in my daily sketchbook caused me grief today when I was adding highlights as a finishing touch and tore a hole. Can you spot it? *winks*
Here's a clue.... and are you ready to see the mess I had to fix? Brace yourself. *LOL*
I was really frustrated because the drawing was nearly done when this happened. I was tempted to rip this page out of the sketchbook. Then I calmed myself down and decided to try to fix it.
"Maybe a thin piece of paper? No wait, let's try washi tape."
"Okay...this green is a little off. Let's add some white acrylic paint."
"Looks pretty good. Let's match it up to the rest of the iris."
"Hmmm...something's a little off. Let's make the pupil a little bigger."
"Still missing a little contrast. Got to add some darks."
"Okay. It's looking pretty decent now."
Disaster averted. The end.
Happy weekend friends!:)
Tuesday
Tuesday's eye drawing from the sketchbook
Happy Tuesday friends! I'm really enjoying the new colours I've added to my Holbein Artist Colored Pencils. It's been fun layering the new colours with my existing colours to get even more variety of colours.
I'm so glad that my local art supply store decided to bring them in. They are my fave coloured pencils...I had to stop using them for a while because they were expensive to replace out of Japan (I bought mine in Japan) but now I can buy individual colours and "complete" my collection. *winks* They are actually cheaper than Prismacolors here *happy dance*.
P/s: I have ALL the colours for Faber Castell Polychromos and Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils...so it would be nice to have ALL the colours for the Holbein too, right? *LOL*
Monday
Mixed Media Monday - using new art supplies
Last week I stopped by the art supply store to replenish my black Caran d'Ache Luminance pencil and my fave Posca white paint markers (I ran out 2 weeks ago and have just been using correction fluid for convenience>...*winks*). Of course, the markers were lonely so I also got some new coloured pencils to add to my Holbein collection, And also a Holbein blending pen for coloured pencils. :)
First thing I did was to play with all my new colours! I picked up pastels and grays (both cool and warm grays).
I love the new colours I picked up...giving me more options for skin stones and iris colours. :)
Happy week ahead friends!
Mixed Media Monday - mixed media eye from my sketchbook today
Happy Monday friends! Just sharing a mixed media eye from my sketchbook today. :)
Enjoy your week ahead!
Tuesday
Tuesday's page from the sketchbook
Happy Tuesday friends! Still working on the daily eye drawings....trying to add more lines and details. Have yet to tackle deep wrinkles (for an older person) because those are quite challenging and require many layers which this cheap sketchbook with really thin paper can't handle.
But I'm 1/3 into my sketchbook and I'm excited to have a complete sketchbook (albeit a small one) of eye sketches!:)
Tuesday's eye drawing
So I struggled a lot with this eye drawing. First of all, I went a little crazy over the colours in the iris. And then I added a teardrop...and it was looking all crazy. But I managed to salvage it and it looks maybe okay? *LOL*
Thursday
This week's cafe eye drawing
Yesterday, I had 2 hours to kill before a dinner appointment so I popped into a Starbucks, ordered a camomile tea and zoned out for a bit in my coloured pencil world. *winks*
This was 2 hours into the drawing...
And I finished it today. :)
Wednesday
Workspace Wednesday - my current eye sketch
Just sharing an eye sketch I'm currently working on....the eyebrow is proving to be quite challenging for me. :)
Thursday
It's ben a while but here's an eye drawing from the sketchbook
Well, it's been a while since I last drew or painted anything....because I've been momentarily distracted by my "use up the Santa" projects. *winks*
As those projects are drawing to a close *triumphant music plays in the background*, I've decided to ease myself back into drawing with my fave subject of course - the eye. And of course it has to be a colourful eye because we all need a little colour in our lives, right?
Happy Thursday friends!
Monday
Mixed Media Monday - brow practice
Hello friends! Hope you had a great weekend!
This week's mixed media eye is all about the brow. I find brows a little challenging ... bushy in some areas and sparse in other areas. I know people in real life who will spend tons of time drawing their brows to perfection before they can step out in public. *winks* Your gal here has been blessed (thankfully) with decent eyebrows so she skips adorning them altogether. Okay, she tries to make them a little more full but always ends up with pimples on her brows. *I kid you not! LOL*
Happy Monday!:)
Mixed Media Monday - a tired eye drawing
Hello friends! Today's drawing is a tired eye. Perhaps a little reflection on my current state of mind? I think we might all be suffering from COVID fatigue...it's been months of staying at home, restrictive socializing, curtailing of regular activities and nothing but bad news all over the world about the rising number of cases, civil unrest and political tension.
I'm doing okay except that meal prep is becoming a chore...food finishes faster than I can make it. My freezer is full of stuff that I can just bake for a meal because some days I just don't feel like making a meal from scratch. *LOL*
How about you? How are you doing in your corner of the world?
Wednesday
Workspace Wednesday - an eye sketch
Happy Wednesday friends! Today I am sharing an eye sketch.
I'm slowly getting back into the groove of drawing in my sketchbook again. I miss sitting in a cafe, sipping tea and spending some tine just working away on my drawings. It was my form of meditation. While we are allowed to dine out right now, we are not supposed to linger in the eateries for too long (as a precautionary measure).
Now art-on-the-go is me drawing at my dining table while something is simmering on the stove or baking in the oven.*winks*
What about you? What do you miss most about pre-COVID 19 days?
Monday
Mixed Media Monday - an eye sketch
Hello there friends! It's been a while...but I finally went back to my first love - drawing the eye! Here's a mixed media eye sketch using Faber Castell Polychromos and Uniball Signo white pen for the highlights. :)
Thursday
Eye makeup in my sketchbook
This is what happens when you really miss your eye makeup...you work on it in your sketchbook. *winks* I used coloured pencils of course...but the neglected eyeshadow palette deserved a photo opportunity right? *LOL*
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