SketchFit

Sketchfit: figures I've been having a hard time keeping up with my luncheon sketching lately. Maybe I'll blame the weather... it has been fluctuating about 20 deg F daily. Either way it's still only an excuse, and I need to get back to it. 2 figures today, about 7 ish minutes each. I really like the pose of the second one with the axe. Should try it again later after I have had more practice.

sketchfit: faces Decided to switch things up a bit and do a whole face instead of just eyes today. I ran out of time before being able to finish it, and I don't think I will have enough time later to finish it. Despite laying everything out, a lot of the proportions and locations seem off to me.

Sketchfit: Figures! Set the timer to 10 min, but didn't take that long per figure. Not sure how long I spent. The second figure is supposed to be a ninja crouching, but don't think it turned out too well. Need to keep trying that pose. The third one was interesting because the model in the photo was wearing a full flowing dress and I couldn't make out her legs.

Forgot/ ran out of time to post yeaterday. That and I wasn't feeling my sket he's at all, hence only 2 basic eye sketches. So yesterday was eyes, today was faces/ heads. 5 minute time limit on each face, didn't time the eyes.

Sketchfit: Hands! I always seem to leave myself more space than I have time for on my lunch sketches. Proportions seem to be quite off in both of these, hands are much harder than I thought they would be. Practice, practice, practice, until I get it right.

Sketchfit: Figures! I've a bit obsessed with females with guns this week. I think it is because I modded Fallout 4 with a Kerrigan Ghost armor set, and started to re-watch gunslinger girl on Netflix. I hope to flesh one of these out sometime soon to more than just a sketch. Stay tuned for if that happens!

Sketchfit: Heads! A little bit more detail this week than last, but fewer sketches overall. I watched a video by Proko! on YouTube that reminded me about Andrew Loomis' technique of drawing the head. I had gone through his books before, but I think they bear a repeat since I am sketching/ drawing more now. Anyways in case you are interested here are links to the book and the video: https://books.google.com/books/about/Drawing_the_Head_and_Hands.html?id=Cm1XuQAACAAJ&hl=en Proko! YouTube video: https://youtu.be/1EPNYWeEf1U On a side note, there are free copies of all the Loomis books available online. Just do a search for Loomis, and you will find them. They are worth a read if you want to work on improving your artistry.

Sketchfit Eyes! I feel like I am getting a bit better at these, if only marginally. I have watched a few videos on how to draw eyes, and picked up a few tips.

Sketchfit new schedule day 5, Feet! I seem to be really bad with keeping up with my sketching over the weekends. I was supposed to work on this along with day 6 sketching on Saturday. Since my whole idea for days 6 and 7 will be to spend more time on them than on days 1-5 which I do during the week. What are days 6 and 7 you ask? Well we will just have to wait and see if I can get my butt in gear this weekend and do them.

Day 4 for my new sketching schedule, Hands! Actually drawing from life for this one! Kinda easy since I just sketched my other hand. It ended up bigger than I anticipated so it fell off the page. Proportions are quite a bit off, but I wonder if some of that is just because I was worried about running out of space.

Day 3 for the new schedule, gesture/ figure sketches. Working on proportions and keeping things dynamic. Still working off of reference photos, but hope to do these, along with everything else, from imagination at some point.

Day 2 for my new schedule, heads. Just trying to get the basic shape down along with the locations of eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.

Day 1 of my new Sketchfit schedule. Eyes! Trying to do eyes in multiple styles.

Didn't really stick to the Sketchfit schedule, but did these two sketches over the weekend. I've been thinking of changing the schedule up a bit to be more focused on core drawing skills. At least for a while before going back to Steve's original idea. Didn't get a drawing in yesterday. Trying to get one in later today.

Machines day. Decided on one of my favorite cars, 2001 Subaru Impreza STI. So much wrong with this sketch though. The perspective is off, the proportions are off, and I really need to work on my linework. Hard objects seem to be a bit more difficult for me right now than organic ones.

Got cut a bit short today. Decided to work on some gesture drawing. Getting better than some of the older ones I've done, yay progress! Always fun doing these, hard part is sometimes finding enough different poses after a while.

Saw the new Suicide Squad trailer, and wanted to do Harley. Different approach to a sketch portrait today. Made this one a bit more cartoon than real life. Not sure if I like it, might just need some shading, along with some good ol' practice. But that's what this whole sketchfit thing is about right? Getting more practice in.