Can't stop starting new drawings...

Alright, so last week I said I would finish drawings this week. I may have lied. Instead I started two new ones. Oops. To be fair, I've been having a lot of new ideas for new compositions and new possibilities, and it seems a little silly to let those slip away. However, I did continue to work on past drawings as well. Total hours drawing this week: around 11.

Here is a new one I began this week...

In addition to spending time on past drawings, I made some spring break preparations. This is totally relevant, I swear. Because as it happens, I am taking a train to San Francisco, and that means two days of nothing to do but watch the beautiful scenery, and draw. Hours and hours of drawing, that is if the train isn't too horribly shaky (although that could make for some interesting effects...) and then, once we arrive in San Francisco, I'll gain some more drawing inspiration while visiting Golden Gate Park and hopefully making a day trip to see the Redwoods. I made a few travel-size base paintings just for the occasion:

Traveling and drawing: not too shabby of a spring break. Especially since after break, it's going to be crunch time. But let's not think about that now...happy break everyone!

Surpise! It's more drawing.

I feel like I have posted the same basic post for the past few weeks, but as with last week, it was filled with drawing, over 10 hours, and while I mostly continued work on past/recent drawings, I also started yet another new one:

(this isn't the new one)

(detailed shot of old one)

(new one)

(detailed shot of new one)

It is hard to see at this point, as I have only blocked in the main shapes and added just a bit of detail, but in this newest drawing, I'm experimenting a bit more with composition, as I would like to continue to do in any upcoming drawings. This coming week, however, I am determined to finish those I have started, in an effort to have at least some completed pieces by the time spring break begins. After break, it's going to be crunch time, and that is also when I'd like to really start considering the details of my final presentation. There is also a lot more thinking I would like to get down in my drawings, and I'm looking forward to really throwing myself into that process for the next couple months.

Onward Drawing!

So the blog entries are getting shorter because the work is getting more consuming! But in a good way. I am in drawing overdrive. I did at least a good 10 hours worth of drawing this week, plus a few hours spent on the second draft of my thesis (to be completed this weekend). Here are the two drawings I worked on the most (though they certainly weren't the only ones):

I like where these are going, but I also have a lot of ideas for other compositions that I am itching to start. I am just going to continue trucking on this weekend and next week, so that by the time spring break rolls around, I can take a good step back, look at a number of new drawings, and assess where I am at. Onward drawing!

Forward Motion

So I am pretty happy with the way this week went. I managed to create background dyes on at least seven different sheets, start three drawings, and work on previous drawings. If I were to tally it, I'd estimate I spent over 10 hours on the work. The best part was it hardly felt that long. I was able to get into such a great state of mind each time I sat to work, and I think the productivity speaks to this. I hope it continues into next week.

Above are just a few of the background I painted with tea, lemon juice, and red wine. I decided to try a number of varying compositions. I plan to grow my drawings out from these background seedlings, which I begin to do in the drawings below.

I am not sure yet how I feel about the pink and purple red wine stains, I tend to work in monochrome, but in the following week I plan to work on the drawings more and see the final effects. There is still a lot to do and a lot I would like to experiment with, but I planning to keep this momentum going in the week to come.