#observational work

Joan of Bark...

I’m actually particularly fond of this sketch because of the story behind it

I came home from being picked up one day, my ma was driving and one of my brothers was in the backseat. As we pulled in front of our home, I noticed a shirtless guy sitting on the grass in front of our complex. He seemed to be meditating, he had his eyes closed and would occasionally change positions, so very much like a model for an art class would, so of course I decided I reeeaaallly wanted to draw him. I was thinking I’d just run in, get my sketchbook and pencil and sit out on the grass in front of him and start drawing. But my brother rejected the idea, said it was too weird, so my ma let me sit in the car to draw instead so that I wouldn’t be as obvious about it. But because my brother and I had argued about it for so long, I only had a short amount of time to sketch this before he stood up and left, I never even got to his face, so it sat faceless for a while.

Fast forward a couple months, and my older brother who lives out of state came home for a visit, I like to keep my brothers updated on my progress as an artist because they are the ones who’ve helped me improve the most. So as I was showing him my sketchbook, I came across this again so I related the story and before I knew it, he had taken the pencil from my hair (I used to keep pencils in my ponytail when my hair was long enough) and he lightly drew the smiley face. My sketch was henceforth no longer faceless!

Here. Have a speed-paint-y rendition of my brother's Stratocaster.

Twas fun. :3