After yesterday’s post How to Draw Feet I followed along with another worksheet I found by the same artist, this time copying his hand drawings and informative notes. I repeat again: this is just my copy of another persons original tutorial.
I found this JPEG after doing a search on Google for ‘how to draw feet’ and I decided to copy all the feet from the page as practice and write out the notes too to help the nuggets of wisdom stick. The result is a page very similar to the original but it was fun to draw. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all that. 
Very tired and a little tipsy for the first time in months as I drew this at like 1:00am… not my best work at all. I basically drew the only area of the living room which I haven’t already covered in previous drawings. There are lots of nice baby cards there at the moment which I assure you are all very nice to look at… this drawing makes them all look ridiculous. Apologies.
Another day, another portrait for a user at Reddit Get’s Drawn. Did a pencil outline and then inked it out in a slightly different style from usual. Pretty happy with the proportions and I think it looks okay overall. [Source]
Did this drawing for Reddit user Catherinelove of her and her daughter after this request.
I tried toning the paper first with this one and then using the eraser to put in the highlights at the end. I have mixed feelings about the results as it was harder than I anticipated to erase with fine detail.
I’m quite happy with the expressions captured and the general feel of the drawing, probably the part that’s most out is the lower half of the mother I think I compressed it a little. You probably couldn’t tell without looking at the reference photo though.
This might be the first time I’ve drawn two portraits in one drawing so that’s another milestone I’m happy about also.
I copied today’s drawing from the cover of a Marlon Brando autobiography I have on my shelf, still unread.
I’m happy with the shading in parts and I feel like I’m getting better at giving a sense of volume to my noses. I’m unhappy with the hair which started out good but I ended up rushing with inconsistent strokes and now it just looks bad.
I wanted to practice my cross-hatching and nose drawings so I devised myself a practice tool to help with both that I could do on the sofa whilst looking after Maia.
First I took a bunch of photos of her nose from various angles. Below each photo I put the same picture but at a very low opacity and below that I left a space for a final drawing.
The process is to trace over the outline on the low opacity version to get a basic nose then use the full opacity photo above to guide my shading which, in this case, I tried to do entirely with crosshatching.
Finally I drew the same noses again this time copying my own drawings rather than tracing and practiced crosshatching for a second time.
All of these were done with a biro, the first time I’ve used this pen for drawing since the challenge began.
I came up with this idea myself (might be a common thing people do but I definitely thought of independently) and I have no idea whether it’s helpful at all but it was quite fun to do and I’m sure it can’t hurt so if anybody likes the look of the exercise have a go yourself and see how you find it!
There’s a Reddit user called Artector who is, in my opinion, an amazing artist. He posts a lot in r/RedditGetsDrawn and I find his stuff inspiring in how good it is. His cross-hatching in particular looks both awesome and effortless. I thought maybe I could consume part of his soul by copying one of his drawings and I picked this one he did of a dude and his dog. My version is pretty bad. Off in loads of places by quite a lot. In my defence I actually LOST my rubber while I was drawing (I was on my sofa). I genuinely couldn’t find it. It’s quite mysterious and I might have to order another before I can correct any more of my numerous mistakes… will try one looking for it one more time tomorrow.
I don’t tend to use my ruler much when drawing but today I stopped being stupid and made significant use of it on this drawing of my digital camera. I think it helped a ton in making it look reasonably decent and I’m quite happy with the finished drawing. Some parts were rushed and don’t look as good, notably the right hand side of the camera, but, again, I was scrabbling to do this late at night. I really need to start making it a priority to do my drawings as early in the day as possible.
Hectic, non-stop day where I didn’t get a chance to draw until late in the evening. I decided to draw user BlueElf who requested it over at r/RedditGetsDrawn. Fairly happy with the proportions but I think I could have got a better likeness by spending more time observing the smallest of details. Reference photo.
Haven’t done a session of gesture drawings in a while so did 45 minutes of 90 second sketches using the Pose Maniacs software.
Drawing of the faintly translucent empty candle holder that usually sits on our windowsill. Quite happy with proportions and weight of this drawing even if parts of it are a bit messy (bottom of plate especially).
Drew this late from a photograph with bad lighting in my room… pretty poor and basically a repeat of a drawing I did a few days ago. Meh.
It’s a drawing of a girl… in bed… with a pig!
As requested by Reddit user adderas.
I tried to capture the feel of the photograph by simplifying to some of the most important lines rather than attempting a very realistic drawing. I think the result is a bit flat but I’m happy with the proportions of bits of it.
I picked up a copy of the lovely book Zen and the Art of Seeing a few months back and today it struck me that it would be a great book to copy from as the artist has a very minimalist style, perfect for practicing the simplification of line which appeals to me enormously. I didn’t spend as long as I’d like doing this but it was tough to find time when the baby could be put down. In the end I completed this at midnight!
