As a quick recap for anyone who hasn't be following, I started out 2020 stating that I would do twelve, one-month challenges. January's challenge was to resurrect this blog and write a post every day. February's challenge was to dust off my Sony a6000 camera and take a photo every day, while working to establish …
After the previous improvements to my celebrity drawings, I wasn't sure what to work on for the next week before attempting my second self-portrait. The first day I was a bit burned out, so I made some FBR sketches to keep the streak going: 22 March, 2020 - Some days you just keep the streak …
My first week and a half of the challenge had been spent focused on the head and its different individual features. But to improve my self portrait, I needed more practice. So I sought to practice on photos of others, and in our society, it isn't hard to find a multitude of photos of high-profile …
Currently, there are two exhibitions of 'Art & Anatomie' celebrating the 800th anniversary of the medical school in Montpellier. The 'Faculté de Médicine' here is the oldest still in existence in the Western world and was where Nostradamus did his studies in the 16th century. For the exhibit, they are showing drawings over the centuries …
After my first self portrait attempt, I'm trying to deconstruct the process and to establish a meta-learning protocol for how to improve over the next month. Some stages will emphasize basic fundamentals, such as drawing shapes, that are universally applicable to any kind of drawing. Others are more specific to drawing the human form, and …
For the first day of this challenge, inspired by another blogger's challenge, I thought I would give a self-portrait sketch a try. That way I can do another one at the end of the month and compare. So I found an old picture and in 40 minutes came up with this: Day 1: First Self …
Chortles and Harrumphs 