Saturday, March 22, 2008

Garden/Heavy



I decided to add my sketch for Garden. I strongly dislike the butterfly, which is why I didn't post it initially. It's an imitation of the wallpaper in my master bathroom. As beige, boring and flowery as it is, it's starting to grow on on me. Basically the wallpaper is literally growing on me. The flat printed butterfly is starting to fly off and the stems are crawling out.
It's difficult to come up with a new drawing every week. This was going to be my "Heavy" drawing. I'm posting it as is so I don't give up on this endeavor all together. If I can overcome rushing and overworking things, I might have an easier time.





Monday, March 3, 2008

Illustration Friday submission



Here's my first submission for Illustration Friday. Leap. When I first started pondering about the topic all I could come up with was a frog. But then I got to thinking my husband is forever teasing me. I always say I'm going to get him back. His response, "If you're feeling froggish, leap!". So here she is, ready and waiting. I used colored pencil. I think I got carried away with the foreshortening, her fists are awfully big. I also couldn't quite get the slyness to come across in her expression. I haven't drawn on a regular basis in a long time, I read about the website in Artful Blogging. It's really inspiring and I don't have wonder about what to draw or if it's a stupid idea.