Sketchbook 11•22•11

Did another drill in ink and white acrylic. No pencil = no erasing. Approximately one hour.

New Drawings

Finally got back to Wednesday figure drawing. Below are a few highlights from this week.

A couple days later I did some exercises using Speedball ink, nib-pens, and a brush. No pencil. No erasing. I did a few touchups with white acrylic but nothing major. These were done from photographic reference.

30 Days - 30 Paintings

Yep, that's them. Every single painting I did for the 30 Day Art Challenge. I have recently been attending some life drawing sessions and found myself struggling with faces. That was the catalyst to do this series of 30 portraits - practice my faces. There are a few I love. There are a lot with potential. And there are a couple that I can barely look at without cringing. But as a collection I am proud of what I have done. I definitely got better at faces (painting skills aside, all my drawings of the portraits were solid). And I will be in line in 2012 to do it all over again.

Cheers - Ed