wayfaringwordhack | Coming up for air

As you may (or not) remember, I was doing a drawing class online. It began back in January and the final segment--a 30-day drawing challenge--just ended a few days ago. It was a lot of fun but very time-consuming. I drew a lot, met a lot of nice people, and decided to take the next two modules from this teacher, one about confident brushwork and the other about color.

Although you can't see much detail, I will post a snapshot of the my 30-day-challenge drawings to give you an idea of what I have been up to.

Finished Challenge Collection.jpeg

Sorry for the fuzziness of the top images; I took the photo with my phone while standing on a chair. The keen of eye will notice that there are three duplicates. The bridge and Sprout in a towel were drawn in both the "normal" way with pencil strokes going any which way, and the other two I set myself the challenge of doing the drawing with only vertical pencil marks. The two water buffalo sketches was me testing two different types of paper.

While the kind of sketching I did in the class is a far cry from the illustration work I want to do, I know that the firm foundation and skills I am building will stand me in good stead no matter what kind of artistic undertaking I pursue.

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Wow, these are AMAZING. LIKE AMAZING. My eye automatically went to the image of Sprout, to both of them. I think because I know the picture?An the child at the end--also Sprout? But man, all of them! You most definitely **are** building skills. The gradations, the contrasts! I love the second from the right on the bottom, the rhythm of the dark pine, light cloud, plus the shadows on the ground, WOW!