The challenge: Create some form of visual art, no matter how small, each day for a full year.
Happy Thanksgiving! And Happy 6th Birthday to my daughter. Yes, today was busy, and I couldn’t get started on any artwork until 10:30. I picked a toy translucent goblet as my subject. I then proceeded to make many mistakes while drawing this thing—all of which I’ve made beforehand and forgot about. Here they are in no apparent order:
- I couldn’t decide if I was going to draw the cup solid or transparent. I started pretending it was solid and then I tried to draw it transparent. Not good. It doesn’t know what it is. Especially the back inside edge of the cup.
- I didn’t draw an “axis” before trying to freehand a symmetrical object. It’s crooked. My fault. It would have looked great if I had drawn a center guideline.
- I didn’t really decide where to put my light source. Yeah, that was great. I had to erase shading on the right and add more in the left. (And backwards in the center.)
- I didn’t draw the dove to scale. There are supposed to be two dots above it instead of one. I didn’t feel like erasing everything, so I added one dot and kept going.
- I forgot the shadow, which was the whole point of deciding my light source! I just now realized this as I cropped the picture. I’m so annoyed. And I haven’t had any alcohol today, either….
Long story short, I drew a cup, but rushed through it and forgot several things. However, the reminder is probably the best thing I learned from this, so I will take it.
Here is my crooked cup without a shadow:
I think the angle of my hair gone to the sketchbook made this look more crooked than it is, and it looks out of focus. I will try a better picture tomorrow.
Toodles! I’m off to bed.
To Elysia & Back Again 