Morning Coffee
Here is a sketch of my morning coffee. I am still working on the perspective of the top. Still too round and doesn’t give the depth of the angle. I now realize this is my left brain telling me what I am seeing and what I should draw. Next time I need to use the picture plane to get it into a two-dimensional view.
Self Portrait
So I have some work to do on my realistic sketching skills. Interesting how this benchmark sketch, along with my hand and person from memory, indicates where my drawing skills currently are.
This self-portrait is a data point, not a criticism of where my skills are currently. I am only concerned with improving against myself, not comparing myself to others.
I’m the only one on my journey.
Takeaway Coffee Cup
Today is a different take on the coffee cup – the takeaway coffee cup. My focus was on capturing the roughness of the sleeve and the overall shape. So why do my drawings lean to the right?
Any ideas or thoughts?
I’m enjoying the process and seeing improvements in my drawings over the past month.
Star Wars
I am working on using my pen and thumb to measure perspective. Use your pen or thumb to help sketch a 3-dimensional image onto a 2-dimensional media. Holding your arm against your body, you can see down your pen or thumb to gauge how key landmarks line up together—another skill to learn on my sketching journey.
The simplicity of one pen on a sheet of paper has been great. No decisions or angst over pens, colors, paper vs. sketchbooks; pull out my pen and pad and draw.