Daily - November 3-4, 2015

This is one of, if not the, last non-school related drawing I did for 2015. It is the last finished non-school related drawing though, the others are just doodles that I may or may not post. I drew this for my Granny in early November. It's in a nice frame where she hangs out now so everyone who visits can see it. :D

I had forgotten the actual date and didn't write it down, but luckily I posted about it in one of my classes so I just went and found the post. I used colored pencils and a blender marker, along with some black and white pen for some details on the squirrel. The flower (some kind of lily, I believe) and the squirrel are based on separate references in my own photos.

I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. I think it might be the most realistic animal I've drawn so far and I'm proud of how I actually combined references for once. I almost didn't draw it, because even though I really liked the idea, when I started, I was having issues with the proportions and was thinking that I wouldn't be able to do it. I considered drawing something simpler, easier, but I decided to just continue with it. I fixed the proportion issues (not perfect but pretty close) and then I was almost overwhelmed by the amount of detail I would have to do. I forced myself to ignore how it would look in the end and just focused on each bit as I went. I think it ended up better than I ever expected and I enjoyed the process once I got into it without all the worrying.

Fall 2015 - Still Life Painting, Week 14

Last painting from Still Life Painting. Flowers. Or one flower in my case. I decided to do only one flower because it was really big and had a ton of petals. (or is and has, it's a silk flower) Fun fact, that jar is the same one from my large high key assignment.

Fall 2015 - Charcoal Heads, Week 14

 Last assignments from Heads and Hands. My final self-portrait, which I enjoyed, and a portrait of someone making a face other than just staring blankly. :P I figured I'd post the reference photo of myself with my self-portrait, because why not. The self-portrait seems elongated, looking at it now, I could guess that the main cause might be in the neck/chest area.

Fall 2015 - Still Life Painting, Week 13, pt. 2

This is the final major painting assignment of the semester. We could choose either high key or casual composition. I decided to try high key again. Some of the proportions are off (mostly the different objects sizes in relation to each other), but I like how it turned out overall.

Fall 2015 - Still Life Painting, Week 13, pt. 1

Low key painting. This one was a bit weird and I'm not sure how to feel about it. I think I tried to work without using any black (because I wanted to), but I could be wrong. I like the thick paint on the little orange (it's like a clementine or something) and I realized how nice really dark color mixes could be.

Fall 2015 - Charcoal Heads, Week 13

 Only one or two weeks left of work after this. :O I think this module was portraits involving hands, as evidenced by all the hands. Also, my next version of my self-portrait there.

Fall 2015 - Still Life Painting, Week 12

High key painting. I tried to go with a bathroom theme because I often think of that as being light and pastel-y. My proportions with this were really off, just look at how tiny and cute the green conditioner bottle looks. It's adorable.