#project52drawinglab :: WEEK SEVEN

Week 7 of the 52 drawing lab project
was to pick 4 colors
of various mediums (ie marker, crayon, pencil crayon, etc)
and then
look at a picture of a monkey
and draw it
using only those colors.

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I will be completely honest.
I hated my first try so bad
I won't even post it.
But I was a little happier with the rest.

this guy was not my favorite...but i kind of like his teeth.

It did make me look at light and shading
and dark areas a little closer.
And it was a good exercise in patience
because I was pretty frustrated
all the way through.

NEXT UP - IMAGINARY CREATURES (do I need to tell you
how excited I am about this one?)

Also...if you are wondering what I am doing in this post,
you can read all about it here!

#project52drawinglab :: WEEK SIX

For week six, I did not have to
go the zoo.
:)

Luckily for week six,
you needed to use a number of
index cards
and because I am a total hoarder
I have a ton of index cards
that I bought for a project,
but bought far too many.
So this was perfect.

The instructions were to
draw a dogs a number of times
on index cards
quickly without a lot of detail
with a chisel type marker.

I'll admit
I was nervous.
I don't draw dogs.
I tried a pug recently with
not great results.

But this was kind of fun.

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When I showed them to my husband
(who is always the somewhat unfortunate
audience for EVERYTHING I make...heh)
he said the expressions were funny
and would make a funny book.
:)
That's why he is always my audience...
he's so sweet.
♥♥♥

#project52drawinglab :: WEEK FIVE

Week 5 was a day at the zoo
part two.

I tried panda bears this time...
the intent this time was to experiment
with what your pencil
(and different types of pencils)
could do.

I enjoyed this
(and in all honesty, I totally enjoyed
watching the pandas...
one rolled all the way across the grass
and out of camera view
which struck me funny)
but felt like I really struggled to capture
anything that I really liked...
which is why
there is only one photo.

NEXT UP - INDEX CARD MULTIPLES

Also...if you are wondering what I am doing in this post,
you can read all about it here!

#project52drawinglab :: WEEK FOUR

This week's exercise
required me to go to the zoo...
and it's winter.
I can barely make it to the grocery store
(and if you want to know how serious
I am about that, consider this...
we ran out of salt two days ago.
Salt.
Two days ago.
And I will still not go to the grocery store.)

So, no...even if we had a zoo,
I am not going. 
Instead, I watched this on youtube
and pretended I was at the zoo
in the comfort of my own home.

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Again, not to be redundant
but in the spirit of being honest,
I really didn't think I was going to like this exercise.
But it ended up being fun
and not nearly as frustrating
as I had feared.
I think the fact that this is also based on
process not final product
helps and hurts me...
I like something to show for what I did...
and I am not always happy with the
"process" photos...
but I'm going to stick with it.

I had really intended to try this again
but with a different animal but time got away from me.

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NEXT UP - A DAY AT THE ZOO...part two (well....looks like I will get my chance to try drawing a different animal after all!)

Also...if you are wondering what I am doing in this post,
you can read all about it here!