A Drawing A Day, Day 17 - 9.5.14
Today I felt a need to loosen up and splash some watered down gouache on a page. Some days just call for that. While drawing this I thought, "if hearts had teeth." A thought for later.
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A juvenile whale washed ashore. It's a mysterious scene that causes wonder and sadness.
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Busy days call for quicker strokes of the pen. Here's my abstract reflection for the day.
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This officially marks two weeks since I began this project. Already there have been many changes that I couldn't have imagined. I'm happy to continue and open up more and more to the possibilities.
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A feeling.
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I thought about many patterns today and one thing lead to another. Patterns somehow comfort me.
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Turned my adorable niece into a little duckling-like creature. This is a pretty simple sketch I look forward to following up on at a later time.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 10 - 8.29.14
Pressing on time but I finished this just before the end of day. This was an idea stuck in my head since drawing the blow fish yesterday. A mutant me. :)
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 9 - 8.28.14
Took to drawing a blow fish I got from Manzanillo this summer.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 8 - 8.27.14
It's been a week since I started this project and I'm so happy about that. Now, 51 weeks to go. Can't wait to see how this develops. What I most enjoy about this is that I'm placed in a position to take things day by day. As such, for today here's a quick and loose color sketch of a jellyfish.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 7 - 8.26.14
Today I learned that jellyfish don't have bones, a heart or a brain but do have a complex nerve net. Apparently they're more in the family of the coral. Wow. I took some freedom here but I swear I was staring at a jellyfish image! All in all I find myself getting more and more attracted to the sea life.
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Looking forward to working on a detailed drawing of a whale skeleton. Here's a quick sketch to kick things off.
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Taking on the mole rat today! They're the cuddliest grotesque animal in my book.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 4 - 8.23.14
When I find a creature from the sea like the Portuguese man-of-war, it makes me stop and look in amazement at the incredible, exquisite beauty that nature can create. Furthermore, I wonder why we should try to recreate its image through painting if it exists in photographs for us to admire as they truly are. However, seeing the photographs of Aaron Ansarov in National Geographic today made my jaw drop. I had to grab my watercolors, not to recreate its image so much, but more so to learn from its seamlessness.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 3 - 8.22.2014
Took to my micron pen today and kept things a bit more minimal. Images of plopping fish and octopuses came into my mind but I decided not to look for a reference but just go with it.
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A Drawing A Day, Day 2 - 8.21.2014
Today was a day to push and pull and have fun with each mark. I had my beautiful niece as inspiration so I channeled her sassy self.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 1 - 8.20.14
Here's the first drawing to kick off this one year project. I'm super excited to do this and can't wait to see what happens. For this first drawing I took on my favorite media- india ink and gouache! While abstract, I always find a figurative element to these drawings as well.
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