Carolina’s 100 Day Challenge: Drawing (Open)

[Carolina]

This feels daunting. I often start things and don’t finish them. I don’t even know if I’ll be able to keep up for 100 days straight. But I would like to keep regular consistency at the least. So, I decided to sign myself up for this challenge to try to keep myself in check.

TOPICS:  I would like to keep my topic OPEN. I get bored from doing the same thing. I would like to create something I look forward to on a regular basis (much like physical exercise). Therefore, I will focus on things that INSPIRE me. This includes everything  from the Face/Hair, Hands, Botanicals, Sweets, Spirituality…

WHAT AM I LOOKING TO IMPROVE: My drawing skills (may or may not include use of colours).  I would like to master the hatching/cross-hatching techniques ( as I tend to smudge – this comes more naturally) and many other things.  I want my art to eventually look more refined. I want to wow myself.

• This topic was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Carolina.
• This topic was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Carolina.

[Carolina]

Day 1. Cast of David’s Left Ear from the Russian Academic Drawing Approach course. It’s okay. Not happy with it but good effort.

 

 

[Carolina]

Day 2. Cast of David’s Left Eye. In progress.

 

 

[Carolina]

Day 3. Cast of David’s Left Ear. Finished.

 

 

[Carolina]

Day 4. Cast of David’s Mouth. In progress.

 

[Carolina]

Day 5. Cast of David’s Mouth. In progress – continued.

 

[Carolina]

Day 6. Cast of David’s Mouth. Complete. Not liking this. For some reason I found it the hardest of the three I made thus far.

[KHANH DIEC]

Hey Carolina, I just joined today and love your work. Very structural. You have a much better understanding of the planes of the human face than me. Excited to learn more. What courses do you take here?

[Carolina]

Hi Khanh!  * I hope you enjoy it here and learn a lot! I really like this online Academy. They also have a Discord Channel which is amazing.*

Thank you! As with everything I have many ideas and interests and trouble following through. So I have started a few courses but not finished.  Anyhow, here is a list of what I started & what I started/and finished.

Started and finished:

1. Beginners Guide to Drawing
2. Stress Free Sketching for Beginners

Started and not finished:

1. Composition for Visual Artists
2. Intermediate Art Anatomy w/ Glenn Vilppu
3. Color Theory Bootcamp
4. Dynamic Gesture Drawing w/ Glenn Vilppu
5. And the Russian Academic Drawing Approach with Illiya (I personally LOVE this course….and so I think I will just focus on this one for now until I somehow fully finish it. Then, I’ll move on to the other unfinished ones on the list).

I am also one of those crazy note-takers, so things take an extremely long time to go through.

[KHANH DIEC]

Wow! You are very dedicated to your notes, ahah. Wish I could say the same, but I do make it a note to fit in some figure drawing and videos from here everyday. I am currently taking Rey Bustos’s anatomy class, which has been great. I also plan on taking Glenn Vilppu’s class and thanks for the recommendation on Illiya’s class, I’ll check it out.

Didn’t know there was a discord, that’s great!

 

[Carolina]

Everyday takes dedication, so thumbs up to you! Here is the discord link: https://discord.gg/uyGhKw3a

[Carolina]

Day 7. Cast of David’s Nose (from Russian Academic Approach to Drawing course). In progress. Part 1.

 

[Carolina]

Day 8. Cast of David’s Nose (from Russian Academic Approach to Drawing course). Finished.

[Carolina]

Day 9. Head of a Man Looking Up by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. (Looks more like a woman & very much out of my comfort zone…I like my detailed, precise drawing…)

 

 

[Jan]

Hi Carolina! I’m impressed by the work you’ve been doing (and by your notetaking!), and I really like the challenge you’ve set for yourself. It looks like we have similar goals, and I look forward to following your thread. I’m also focusing right now on the Russian Academic courses – along with Steve Huston’s Constructive Head Drawing series – with the goal of developing the drawing fundamentals I was never taught in college art classes. Like you, I also want to master hatching. I’m naturally a smudger, too, so I understand being out of your comfort zone. I love your comment about wanting to wow yourself. I’m sure you will!

Also, great job on today’s Master Monday challenge! I love the delicacy and subtleness of your interpretation. It was a challenging study especially considering the time restraint!

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