New Drawing

I finished a new drawing a few days ago and I really like how this one turned out. I've always enjoyed trying to draw hair because when it turns out right, it looks really good and I think that the hair in this drawing turned out nicely. It looks pretty realistic if I do say so myself. :)

-Lauren

I feel inspired again to create art.

After a long while, I've finally felt inspired the other day to create art. Drawing is one of those things that I have to be in a very particular mood to do, so in effect I sometimes can have some very long stretches of not being artsy. I love to draw and I love the feeling of going from a blank sheet of paper to a finished work of art in a day or so. This is a charcoal drawing and the dimensions of the drawing are 18"x24"-a little bit larger than what the picture shows. Hopefully I'll continue to feel inspired and start drawing more.

-Lauren

It's Been a While...

A long while but sometimes you get really busy during the summer and are not as artsy as you want to be.  That's what happened to me.  But today the sun was shining, the fall weather was beautiful and I was inspired to create a drawing, which I did.  I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out even though I wished I hadn't shaded it quite so dark.  Live and learn I guess.

-Lauren

Scenery

I don't usually draw too much scenery, but I was asked if I could draw some flowers, so I gave it the old college try.  From far away flowers look perfect, but when I looked at them closely I found that the petals were all different sizes, turned different ways and definitely not uniform.  They were very unique.  I added a little dash of color because I've tried it before and the black and white with one object in color gives the drawing a little bit of "pop." Overall I'm fairly happy how it turned out.

-Lauren

Eyes

I've been crazy busy! But here's a new post.  I really like the way the eyes turned out on this picture.  Making eyes look lifelike requires a lot of different shading and you also have to leave white spots in the eyes where the light reflects. Also drawing and shading the small part of the eyelid and the eyelashes adds a dimension to the drawing.  I feel that the eyes are the most difficult part because they have to be the same size and symmetrical and the right distance apart to make the face look real.  All the rest of the facial features consist of a few lines and then some shading.

-Lauren

Contrasting Colors

This is the second picture I've posted with red lips but its actually the first I ever did.  I was a bit hesitant at first to color in the lips after I had completed a "greyscale" picture because I thought I would ruin it .But it turns out it adds a lot of character to the drawing and makes it stand out more.



-Lauren
 

It's been a couple of days...

It's been a couple of days, I've been uber busy but I finished a drawing tonight that I started working on this weekend.  I'm pretty happy with this drawing.  I find old movie stars to be very glamorous so I looked up a few pictures and found one that I really liked so I decided to draw it.  Again, this is a charcoal drawing.

-Lauren