Daily Drawing

Yet again I have not done the prescribed drawing for the day!  I have been out in the garden all day and managed to avoid most of the showers until around 4 pm.  I got a lot done but had to come in and sit in the bath, as my back was really stiff and I could not stand up straight.

Decided to sketch an ornament for something to do and used some new pencils I have got in a tin.  Drawing every day certainly makes you realise how much you need to observe things and practice, practice, practice.  I do usually get much better the more I draw.

Daily Drawing Not No 7

I seem to be getting behind with the exercises from the book.  I have been out most of the day plus we had very heavy rain at one point this morning and a thunderstorm this afternoon so I still  have not been able to get outside to do Drawing No 6.  This is my option for today.  It is a rubbing of a brass in Coughton Church of England Church which I actually did on Saturday using a piece of typing paper that just happened to be in my bag and the side of a wax crayon. It is, however, a form of creating an image of something, at least that is my reasoning.

Daily Drawing not No 6

I could not do the task for No 6 Daily Drawing yesterday as it involved being outside and it poured down here.  I did do this in preparation for something else though and have used some of the techniques already visited - ie watered down ink wash and pen.

And here is the latest version of my apron-cum-pinafore ...

Detail of the pocket to show what the lining is like.

Daily Drawing No 5

Today's challenge was to use a paintbrush and ink, together with water.  Fine pen could be added afterwards.  I used a photograph in a magazine which is probably not the best thing to work from.  It did see do a drawing from life.

Drawing a Day 4

We had a day out today to Coughton Court near Alcester which is a National Trust property.  Fantastic house and walled garden and really enjoyed it.  This is the drawing for Day 4 using charcoal.  I was meant to draw a portrait, but thought this would do just as well.  My sketchbook is only A5 and I think I would have been better working on a much grander scale at least A3 if not larger.

Dawing a Day 3

I completely forgot to do Exercise 3 on Thursday so have done it today instead.

It suggested you used a piece of bamboo whittled to a point like a knib.  I am afraid  I did not make a very good job of it but it does make you observe items in more detail, looking for light and shade.  The flowers were an Inula, two dandelion things out of the lawn and a piece of Verbena Bodnariensis.

Drawing a Day No 2

This is today's effort.  I have not moved far as these scissors are on the dining table where I have been busy stitching the calico version of my apron. I was meant to use various nibs in the pen holder, including calligraphy ones.  I certainly could not keep this exercise up for six weeks!!

I would say that the moth in my last blog post might be a Grey Dagger Moth.

Drawing a Day No 1

Having popped to the Library yesterday to return a book I had finished I inevitably came back with a couple more, one of which was 'One Drawing A Day' by Veronica Lawlor.  It was one of the recommended books on the end of a shelving unit and caught my eye.

I have decided I will try and do a sketch a day for one week, not the recommended six weeks the book suggests as I do not think I could keep it up that long.  Today's drawing was done in a few minutes whilst having my breakfast and was the bits and pieces I had been using yesterday afternoon whilst making a 'dummy' apron/pinafore to try and get it the right size.  I have given away the one I made in linen and lovely blue fabric as it just did not fit me anywhere.  I am still having trouble with the sizing, but that could just be down to the fact that I am half cart horse (lower) and half race horse (upper).

This little beauty was sat on the doorframe of the garage when I went out last night to put the washing line away.  I will have to find out what it is when I have a minute, but suspect it will be something that has been on the nearby oak tree.