#backgroundblitz

Basically every artist I know (including myself) bemoans that they need to practice drawing backgrounds, but then never DOES it… so I’m setting aside a week to do just that! Background Blitz Week will run from March 25th to March 31st, 2018 and has the following goals:

draw to completion at least one environment a day

learn how to ration time and figure out what you can realistically accomplish in a single day’s drawing

learn what you like and dislike about environment drawing-- savor the good bits, and learn how to speed up the parts you hate so you spend less time doing them

If you’re into daily themes, here’s a good starter list:

wilderness

garden

urban

room

market

roadways

restaurant

Roadways / Comfort Zone

Backgroundblitz day 6 theme “Roadways”, about 2 hours

Here’s day one for the Background Blitz Week, “Wilderness”

Well, starting out later is better than not starting out at all ey? XD Since I started so late, it’s just a picture I took that has been sitting on my phone for roughly a year or two (which will be under the cut). This one is very rough because I want to play with some styles, in this case, impressionism oil paintings I saw in a museum once upon a time. I loved the ones with trees and mist so, here’s a quick attempt. Maybe one day I’ll go back and detail this, but I like it rough.

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