30 Day Drawing Challenge- Day 9

Favorite TV show-Pushing Daisies: I actually don't watch a lot of TV, so I watched this series on DVD rather than when it frist aired. I wish they had kept it going.

PS I would totally marry Lee Pace.

30 Day Drawing Challenge- Day 8

Favorite Animated Character- Did you even have to ask?

Also, Connecticon is tomorrow! Hooray for nerds!

30 Day Drawing Challenge- Day 7

Favorite Movie- Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola <3 The movie earned a lot of criticism, but I remember feeling moved the first time I saw it. There was a quiet desperation to the film, like that thing they say about swans, looking effortless but paddling furiously to keep afloat. Trying out a style like Cucumber Quest.

30 Day Drawing Challenge- Day 6

Your Favorite Book- Ok, trying to decide this would be like asking a mother to pick her favorite child. I love all the books I own equally. But in honor of N finishing Neverwhere, I came up with this image. I heart Neil Gaiman; when he writes I can see his character's clearly in my mind and I've wanted to do character sketches for this ever since I read it. From left to right: Door, Richard, Hunter and the Marquis.

30 Day Drawing Challenge- Day 5

Your best friend- I'm sure she'll have a pretty good critique for this image and admittedly I didn't spend as long on this as I should have, but L. is hands down my bff. Lately, I've met more and more sisters who don't get along well and it makes me realize how blessed I am to have someone as funny, articulate, and caring as she is. In another world we could have been strangers under one roof, instead I was born with a bestie. Even though she is on another coast, she is never far from my thoughts. <3

Am I turning into a maple tree? 'Cuz this post is sappy.

Edit (7/6/11) I couldn't stand the image I had up before; it was such a rush job. Do over. Words can't express how silly the glasses are L is wearing.

30 Day Drawing Challenge- Day 4

Your favorite place-Without a doubt my favorite place is Cape Cod. I've vacationed there every summer and it is where N asked me to marry him <3<3<3 I've always thought it looked like a particularly beefy arm.

30 Day Drawing Challenge- Day 3

Favorite food- I wracked my brain and realized I don't have a favorite food. I love food/eating/cooking/baking. Therefore I'm going with the food of the moment: beer batter bread. It's a cooler day today (as far as summer goes) so my brother and I baked some bread today and the smell is overwhelmingly good. Butter, yeast and warmth. Think I'm gonna get me a slice. Yum.

30 Day Drawing Challenge- Day 2

Favorite animal

"It's ok if our first kids are dogs"-N.

He wants a husky, I would be happy of these three (from left to right: beagle, husky, boston terrier).

30 Day Drawing Challenge- Day 1

Source: d3uwin5q170wpc.cloudfront.net via Claire on Pinterest

I found this challenge on Pinterest a while ago. I had started it in my paper journal right around the time when life picked up, and my art effectively shut down, so I'm starting over and using Gimp as my medium. Gimp for those who don't know is an open source drawing program, along the lines of Adobe Photoshop.

#1 Self Portait


I think I am starting to get a feel for the drawing tool. This image is a sketch of a sketch, drawn from real life. This morning I was fiddling around and trying to draw from my imagination, but everything I came up with looked wrong. Then I used my sketch pad as a reference and viola! It doesn't look like me per se, but it was useful for practice. It speaks to the importance of drawing from life to get proportions/shadows figured out. From there, you can play with style.

Who wants to take the challenge with me?