One Hour Drawing

I kept it simple - just sketching, monotone.

I'm really trying to get in practise with digitally drawing portraits and keeping up my speed.

I used a brush I wasn't familiar with, which took some adjusting (and some of my sweet time!)

But the mistakes I make now are the lessons I apply later.

I'll do a portrait next, for however long it takes until I can roughly say it's finished.

It's important I start building up my confidence and skills now before I begin my third year project which my degree is really riding on.(that and my glorious dissertation).

J. x

1 Hour Week 2

A very delayed post...
My challenge last week was to do a self-portrait in which I exaggerated the colours and characteristics:

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

There are still a lot of areas that are left undefined/-refined since I have such little time...  I think I should have gone for a better angle of myself too.  It's hard to look down, keeping the same pose each time, then look up at the screen to replicate it, so I don't think it looks too much like me.  Also, as I'm not particularly haggard for an ancient 21-year-old, or have any especially odd features, I found it really hard to make myself into a caricature.  Honestly, though I sound like I berate myself all the time, I'm really pleased with what I came out with in the time I had, especially as I've never done a portrait digitally, only cartoons.
I do love the colour tones that I chose!

My next one is tomorrow.

J. x