Jenell is the queen of Sktchy muses. She is probably the one female muse who every Sktchy artist has to draw as part of their rite of passage into the Sktchy community. I’ve drawn her once before, in my first year on Sktchy but I don’t think I’ve drawn her since then. So it was a joy to sit down and draw those very familiar eyes and cheekbones today! This was fun.
I drew Jenell in my Moleskine sketchbook with a Copic multiliner and Copic markers.
I’m having a difficult drawing week. Nothing is going right. I’ve made a conscious decision to take more time over my portraits, not rush them, try to work a little differently, and right now it’s a bit of a struggle. None of my drawings are working well. Perhaps this is inevitable when you change things and step outside your familiar work patterns. It wasn’t helped today by a crushing migraine.
Anyway, Avril ended up up with a slightly deformed body – I over exaggerated the foreshortening (not deliberately!) and really messed up that front leg and foot. But never mind. It’s all learning.
I drew Avril’s portrait in my Moleskine sketchbook with a Copic multiliner and Copic markers.
This portrait of Oriana reflects my new slower and more thoughtful approach to drawing faces. I focused less on capturing her likeness and more on representing something about her that felt true and honest to me. So while I can see that her face shape is not quite right in the portrait, I nevertheless think that I’ve captured the spirit of her in a beautiful way that makes me very happy.
I drew Oriana in my A4 Moleskine sketchbook with Copic markers.
This was such a hard draw. It’s so hard to draw a face when the usual markers, features and shadows aren’t clearly identifiable but are hidden by lots of face paint and make up. I struggle to get any sense of dimension and this face looks horribly flat. But it’s the Day of the Dead and I just had to draw a sugar skull portrait!
I drew this in my Moleskine sketchbook with Copic markers.
This is what I think of as a classic comfort zone portrait for me. A great face with wonderful eyes, minimal hair and an interesting pose. It’s also the kind of portrait that begs to be drawn with Copic markers – good yellow, peach and lilac tones in the skin that suit my kind of Copic layering. Fun to draw.
I drew Jeandor in my A4 Moleskine sketchbook with Copic markers.
This is Brooke, drawn in my A4 Moleskine sketchbook with Copic markers and coloured pencils.
This portrait of Sktchy muse Veera is my submission for this week’s Old School Sktchy challenge, the word for which is “masterpiece”. I didn’t really want to try to reproduce an Old Master and I’m not brave enough to attempt the style of a great painter but I loved Veera’s photo of herself standing in front of a projection of Van Gogh’s ‘Almond Blossoms’. So this seemed a good choice for my masterpiece.
I drew this portrait in my A4 Moleskine sketchbook with Copic markers and Prismacolor coloured pencils.
It’s hard to focus on drawing today while the future of the UK is being decided in Parliament but I’m doing my best. Diana has provided a good distraction. I drew her in my A4 Moleskine sketchbook with Copic multiliners, Copic markers and some Polychromos coloured pencils.
Coco’s portrait is my entry for this week’s Old School Sktchy wax challenge on the theme “literature”, referencing the novel ” Memoirs of a Geisha” by Arthur Golden. It was a really difficult draw because the heavy face makeup means there are so few skintones to work with – and that’s where I focus most of my energy. So I had to concentrate more on the hair decoration, the clothing and the parasol, which aren’t really my strengths. So it was a good challenge for me.
I drew this in a Moleskine sketchbook with Copic markers and coloured pencils.
Luna has the perfect face for me to draw. Rosy cheeks, shiny hair, freckles and gorgeous skin tones, she’s right in my Copic comfort zone. And those hair buns were so much fun to draw.
I drew this in my A4 Moleskine sketchbook with an 01 Copic multiliner and Copic markers.
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