I did this on a day when I needed to remember that there is an end to chaos |
Jake |
Boop! |
Gracie refusing to look at me |
She has suggested that we take a 5.5x8.5 piece of watercolor paper, mark off a 5x7 opening for our projects. We are to draw and paint a full length girl within those confines, and I am having a horrible time with proportions, always making the head too big, or the torso too long, the legs too short. After 5 attempts, I abandoned the sketchbook and took a 20 minute nap. When I got up to fix dinner, it dawned on me: I am completely intimidated by the 5x7 restrictions for the full body drawing. It's my own work of art, Danielle is never going to see it, and I have to do what works for me. So today I will try a sketch on a full size 9x12 watercolor paper. Screw this!
It was an enormous help that I watched the first video in the second lesson of Wandering Through Watercolor class. It is also a full length girl, and Natalie's proportions were spot on. So will take it from there. For me, drawing is learning. Once I get something that remotely resembles my goal, I am able to build on that with repetition. It builds your drawing muscle. Trueness.
That is my goal, and I'm sticking to it.
Linda
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