Sat down after a couple solid hours’ housework to draw Drake and Antonia in their classic halloween outfits. Did warm up drawings of the view out of my window to get my eye in and scribbled a bit to loosen up my hand. Found a good reference and made a good sketch.
But when it came to taking it any further, I literally could not get the drawing to sing to me. I tried changing the pose, going back and editing the sketch. Drawing tightly and drawing loosely. I realised halfway through I didn’t even really know what I wanted.
I’ve given up on it and am now documenting it. I think I’ve been getting a lot of feedback so fast from tutors, and all this new stuff we’ve been doing, I’m overwhelmed.
Comforting myself with the hope that my eye is actually getting better than my head and hand, and I just need to catch up and reconcile everything before – inevitably – reaching a better informed, cooler level of art. After a summer of prolific work I’ve been really proud of, though, this SUCKS.
SEASIDE ILLUSTRATION 