April 4 - 2023 / Term 1 Week 2
Daily assignments:
Pen Control:
Note: More practice needed.

Drawing Skeletons:

Weekly assignment:
Image Adjustments:
Note:
For exercise 2, I made the shadows in the water too bright.
Exercise 4 - I struggled hard. I couldn't find a way to make the background to match. I will continue to work on this exercise until I understand it well.


Extra Art: Gesture drawings / 3rd + 4th April (mixture of 30s, 1min, 2min)
Note: I still struggle sometimes to finish the gesture within 30s. Some remained unfinished.

April 5 - 2023 / Term 1 Week 2
Daily assignments:
Pen Control:
Note: Circles = despairge. Ill continue to practice hard.

Weekly assignments:
Image adjustments:
Note: I got my revenge! (kinda). Definitely closer than my previous attempt but not 100% there yet. Planning to attempt this again until I get a better understanding.

Combining images:
Note: 1st attempt - following along with video

Note: I decided to have fun with this exercise. It took me way longer than I expected (Around an hour) but I was able to find ways to problem solve, utilise the tools I have learned and apply it into practice. I still have a lot to learn!
Reference Images:

Result:

April 7 - 2023 / Term 1 Week 2
Daily assignments:
Pen Control:
Extra Art:
Gesture Drawing: (30s, 1min, 2min)

Drawing Gesture from imagination:
Note: Had a bit of downtime at work today and I decided to draw in the sketchbook that was collecting dust in my bag.
Honestly, I was a bit surprised about how I fared without a reference.

Drawing a person with reference:
Note: I'm not 100% satisfied with the drawing. Still need to learn how to draw faces properly.
Also, I feel something is off, It might be that the upper half and the bottom half of her body seem to be facing different directions at too big of an angle from each other. ggs.

Overall I had fun today

April 10-12 - 2023 / Term 1 Week 3
Daily assignments:
Top 10 Drawing Exercises:
Note: I have been practicing a lot of pen control over the past few days as I recognise that it is an area that needs improvement. I am still continuing to do daily pen control from Term 1 week 1 + 2 and also doing some exercises from DrawABox in the background.



Note: Gesture drawings (30s to 3min)

April 13-30 - 2023 / Term 1 Week 3

Its been a while since I last updated my art journey, motivation has not been the best admittedly. Over the past couple of weeks I did not draw as much as I want to but I am looking forward to change that!

Daily assignments:
Drawing Exercises:

Gesture Drawing: 30s - 1min - April 27

Extra Art:
Drawing from Imagination: April 27
Note: I find drawing from imagination quite fun. I primarily do it as a break from grinding fundamentals, drills and exercises but also to look for weaknesses in my current skill/knowledge. Definitely a lot to improve on!
I found looking at a drawing too long makes you de-sensitised to inaccuracies. I was able to easily spot some mistakes and correct after a long break.

Drawing from reference: April 28 (Copying)
Note: I feel like I learn something every time I draw from reference. I am trying to study how things work especially with landmarks and proportion and satiate my own curiosity such as; "why is there a bump / curve there?"

Goals:
- Complete 5 copy drawings this week! (Stop procrastinating!!)
- Move on to week 4.
- Stay consistent.

May 8 2023 / Term 1 Week 3

Daily assignment:
Drawing Exercises:

Gesture Drawing: 1-3 minutes
Note: I have a feeling of uncertainty sometimes. I feel like I'm not improving with these. But its hard to judge myself objectively sometimes.

Extra Art:
Anatomy from imagination: (lmao)
Note: I just learned about hip dips recently and I was trying to figure out how they work. Had some down time (but no access to reference) so I tried to test my limited understanding. Not my brightest Idea.

Weekly Assignment:
Study (Copy) Characters from media you like: Marina from Blue Archive - Drawing 1
Note: This took a lot of time, approx 2 hours. When I finished the drawing, only then I noticed the proportions were off, manly around the thickness of the waist which also made the character slightly thicker on the right side of the character.

Overall, it was a fun exercise, but for the sake of getting making the most of my art practice time, I wont go overboard on future copy drawings and focus on getting the main concept down.

Goals:

• Finish 4 copy drawing by the end of this week
• Watch Perspective 1
• Start completing Term 1 Week 4 dailies