EDM # 118 Hair (upside down)

Upside down is fun...
although I need to work on proportions.
Next time gridwork upside down?

Anyway I did draw again after two days of long hours of work and getting things done for everybody except myself :-(

Quickie

Challenge is draw everyday...I had to force myself doing it, just to stick to the new habit. Anyway, the small drawing for the 9th.

Last one in the series...just in time to give three of them tomorrow. Very curious about the reactions. This friend doesn't now I started to draw/paint...

EDIM 7 - new version

I didn't like the previous, so I made a new one.

EDIM + about age again

Trying some other methods...not so happy with this one...learned how not to...

EDIM 6 - about Ideas and Age

Made as a birthday gift for a friend - If I have enough time I will make some more, so I can give two or three.
25 cm x 25 cm

IF - Neighbor

EDIM 4

Feeling tired ...
For the sake of the challenge... I had to do something...a test of my new markers.

EDM #117 Round

Round isn't always round...and this time it isn't due to my drawing skills.

New art supplies

A quickie and just in time for the monthly challenge: a set of markers...I want to try something different...didn't have time yet to test them.

IF Remember

Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought -- particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things." - Woody Allen

Lots of things to remember...working on my 'quotes book' keeps me focused.
And I hope I'll find enough interesting quotes to go till the 31 drawings this month.
Yes, I will participate:

EDM #107 News

I realised I forgot challenge 107 - Done now. Since this year I'm quite up to date...now finding some time to catch up with the previous challenges ( 1 -80 I think)

IF- Fortune

Grrr...this idea wasn't fit for Moleskine sketchbook. I ruined my previous page.

IF - Green

Green with a twist

and most of all many thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. This is realy encouraging...
I have a lot of fun with these drawings, looking for quotes and a new way to picture my manikin...and to know some of you also enjoy it makes it more challenging to come up with something new.

Resolutions review

Time for a review ...

So, my first overall goal will be to actually use the different materials and do the excercises in the book. The most inspiring at this moment for me are 'Draw like Da Vinci' (sounds very ambitious) and 'Rendering in pen & ink' (a birthday gift).

Oooh, I(ve got some more books...I did some exercices from 'Rendering in pen & ink' and started with 'A natural way to draw'...and that's it. I flip through pages, can't realy work through all the excercises. Maybe later this year.
And I could do more with different materials. Now I having fun with pen & ink and I love the Derwents: graphitint & inktense.

Then I will commit to do the weekly challenges of EDM and IF , and also try to catch up with the previous EDM challenges, which should be done by the end of 2007.
Well, I'm quite good here. Did all the EDM challenges except 113 (I was away last week) and missed only two IF) challenges. Now I need to make some time to catch up with the previous EDM challenges. Way to go...

Inspired by Laura (Lauralines) I've also made a monthly list...

Januari:experimenting with pen & ink /washes and work on Kate's drawing lessons - Yes, I did this - sorry for Kate's drawing lessons, I didn't work on that
February: play with the artist’s dummy - try water color pencils - I started playing and I'm still playing... I will work on an illustrated quotebook with these dummies...so you will see more of them.
For the other months...I don't know if I will follow the list. Working on the quotes seems more fun now.

Drawing is becoming more of a habit...and I'm looking forward to some prolific months.

EDM #114 Ugly

I don't like this garlic holder (and other 'funny' bowls and cups) but it's kind of practical in the kitchen and that's why it's still there.

My favorite quote

IF- Snap

"To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge."-- Copernicus

OK , this is a stretch...

I received this quote in my mailbox today. And in my language 'snap' in 'ik snap het' means 'I understand it'. Although 'snap' has enormous possibilities I wasn't inspired (too much choice?) and I preferred to draw this one. As I tried to work loose I got this wonkyness as a result.

EDM #112 Fresh

For this challenge I was thinking about a Dutch expression: 'vers van de pers' which means something like freshly published. Unfortunatly the English expression is 'hot from press'. Anyway, a fresh pile of reading material for the Spring Hollidays.

Slide show - my favorites