Damn Polaroids...

Here's my final piece for Dynamic Sketching I.  Designed a series of ambush predators who hide amongst the orchids.  I am not completely happy with the finished product.  I feel like I tightened up early and it constrained my drawing. 

Overall, very pleased with the course.  Even after drawing for years, I'm just now starting to feel the confidence that I can fix any mistakes that I may make during the process.  Next term will be a continuation of these techniques and will feature extensive drawing from life.  I've got all my field trips planned out and am grateful to live in a city with such a wealth of museums to visit for my artistic purposes. 



My kind of plants...

At least these won't die because I water them too little (or too much).

Went to the Crystal Bridge to do some drawing from life.  It was a fairly enjoyable experience, especially with the techniques I've picked up this term.  Amusingly enough, the kids were very respectful and the irritation was brought on by the old woman who loudly asked, "are you drawing that flower???"

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Fill in your own joke answer.

These were sketched and labeled on-site, cleaned up later, then digitally colored as a final step.  I'm pretty pleased with how a few of these pages turned out.  Makes me more excited for Sketching 2, which is almost exclusively going on field trips. 

 

What the heck, here are last week's plant drawings from reference photos/videos.