Tag: marker drawing

Scribblebug

I drew this in about 45-50 minutes in my Drawing Faces class yesterday. Really happy with how it turned out given the time limit.

Distorted Selfie

We were drawing distorted selfies in today’s Drawing Faces class. I find that drawing distortion can be freeing because it helps us to draw without worrying so much about likeness, accuracy or flattery, especially when it comes to selfies. This is me reflected in the surface of a metal ball, which creates the curvature.

Sulphur

Celebrating the summer with this portrait of Sulphur from Sktchy.

Phil

It was fun to draw Phil’s great expression and talk about the difficulties of drawing teeth (and leaky Copic markers) in yesterday’s Drawing Faces class.

Marty

This is Marty whose photo was posted on the Museum by Sktchy app by Jacob. We’ve been drawing him over the past couple of weeks in my Sketchbook Skool Spark Drawing Faces class using Copic markers and coloured pencils.

Natascia

The inspiration photo for this portrait of Natascia just cried out for an iPad drawing exercise using the symmetry tool so, of course, I decided to draw it the hard way, in my sketchbook using Copic markers and pencils.

It was a fun drawing exercise, where I was checking both on the image and my drawing to try to get some sense of symmetry but trying not to be overexercised by it. I wanted the drawing to work on its own, rather than worrying too much about it being perfectly symmetrical. And it certainly isn’t the latter but I think it works nicely as a drawing so I’m happy with it.

Mussu

This is Mussu from the Museum by Sktchy app. I drew her in a Sketchbook Skool Spark Drawing Faces class. The drawing didn’t work out – I ended up with large “watermarks” from the alcohol markers on her forehead and cheeks so I decided to use the drawing in a subsequent class on touching up drawings on the iPad.

So this is the portrait after those watermarks have been touched up a little on the iPad. I’ve also cleaned up other parts of the portrait digitally and added some highlights with a digital pencil brush. Loving how I was able to turn a disaster into a used learning opportunity 😊

Alyona

We’re celebrating the month of May in my Drawing Faces class with a month of floral portraits. We’ve started with a couple of weeks working on Alyona and her flower crown. It’s been a lot of fun!

Courtney‘s friend

A little bit of Bank Holiday drawing resulted in this portrait of Courtney’s friend, wearing his beautiful flower crown.

Jaan

This is Jaan drawn with a fineliner, Copic markers and coloured pencils in this week’s Sketchbook Skool Spark Drawing Faces class.