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

Shading and Pretty Dresses

I like drawing a good flow-y dress that has movement and character to it.  It's kind of fun capturing the way the dress moves.  Pair that with some shading and shadows and I'm a happy camper.  Shading gives the drawing another dimension then if it was just a few lines on the paper.  And considering that I'm left handed and involuntarily smug my drawings all the time, the shading makes it look like I meant to do it :)

-Lauren