Upside Down Man for the Third Time
Repetition. One more upside-down drawing to work on the right side of the brain. Progress.
Small wins include feeling more comfortable with the fingers. This is big as even upside down. My brain knows I am drawing fingers. It is much harder to trick my brain into focusing on lines and angles.
Dashboard
Persistence is key to improvement. Persistent practice drives improvement. I keep a pad in my car so that I can practice drawing. Having a pad and pen handy eliminates any friction. While waiting for tennis, I pulled out a notepad and a pen and sketched my dashboard.
A simple drawing of my dashboard helped me work on perspective, circles, and spacing. All because I have a pad and pen in my car.
How can you improve your persistence by eliminating some friction?
University of Tennessee
A quick sketch just outside the University of Tennessee Student Union looking towards Neyland Stadium. Sad after dropping off my son and driving home. This is a quick post. Here is the picture and the sketch.
Knoxville
We were dropping our son off at UTK this weekend. Today’s image was the morning view from the Hotel’s coffee shop window.
I was trying to get the signs, the trees, the buildings in the background, and the road. I have some work to do to get the road to fall into the background.
Good fun image to sketch.
Circles
I’m just not happy with the proportions of the top circles on my cups and glasses. They are too round and not oblong enough to convey the depth of the cup. So I did a few pages of circles to practice and get the muscle memory down. The last few seemed to be much better, and my lines were strong and more confident.
Vases and Faces
Today’s sketch is another drill to try and disconnect your left brain from what you are drawing.
The image is both two facing profiles and a vase. As you draw, you call out the components of the faces, and it helps trick your mind.
Negative Space
Drawing the negative space around an object helps develop your vision and eye. In addition, there are details to observe about your subject and a whole set of elements of the area around your subject.
Try looking at the sky around the trees or buildings. What do you see? Have you ever noticed this before?
The Pencil Sharpener
Today’s subject has nice lines and a bit of 3d to it. The pencil sharpener on my desk was filled a bit with shavings. I tried to show the transparent section. I’m also going to start including review notes. After I finish the sketch, I review it and note anything for future improvement.
I hope you enjoy it.