Re-building drawing habit – essai #1
I drew a charcoal head on 16 June 2022 and didn’t draw again until 23 July 2022. I had some reasons or explanations – I was supposed to be away for two of those weeks but ended up being horizontal for one of those weeks from a neck issue and with the help of painkillers, […]
Forgotten Page – Hardware and Software
The other day, I realised that I hadn’t included a page where I set out what hardware and software I use with the various links. Actually I thought I had done it and can remember very clearly the text in my head but when I looked for it on the site, I couldn’t find it. […]
June 2022 Review – a failed month
June 2022 was not a great month and it follows a poor month in May. The reason for this month was a physical injury or condition that laid me up. Basically during June I had a pain in my upper back but nothing more than an irritant or knot and I put it down to […]
June – lines and charcoal
At the beginning of the month I set about using charcoal and have just uploaded Target 2 in the Traditional Pathway as well as the Resources page and Visual References: there isn’t too much to it to be truthful. In the target, I’ve shared some of the key experiences and tips. However, the biggest thing […]
Pages updates
As mentioned in my May Updates post, whilst I didn’t really do much drawing, I did do a fair amount of work on the website which included updating some of the design of some of the pages, but also added pages. The re-design is really more about learning how to use Elementor a bit more […]
May 2022 update
May was not a good month for drawing. It didn’t start out like that but it ended up being like that. Before the month, I wanted to kick start the digital drawing and I figured that I would prioritise that. Ideally I would do a bit of both but when time or energy were short, […]
Drawing Month 4 Stats
4 months done. I’ve not yet uploaded the last few drawings for the month but will do so soon. So here are the stats for April 2022 with March as a comparator. Data Point March April Total days ON v OFF 20 v 11 of 31 (64.5%) 21 v 9 (70%) Total number of 60 […]
Small steps
In the middle of the 4th month of learning to draw, I’ve tended to focus on volume and quantity rather than quality. But there is no doubt that in terms of quality, I am taking small steps as well. Last week I finally came to the end of the main references photos from the 100 […]
April – Mid Month Reflection
Done 15 days of a 30 day month and I thought I would take stock. This month was all about continuing with Target 1 (Building the habit) and Target 2 (Discipline). So this essentially meant that drawing more often than not and trying to regularise it with same time. I added a min period which […]
One week into April
Target 2 of Traditional drawing started real slow and didn’t do anything until 4 April, then only for 3 days before taking a break. Initially committing to a 60 min sitting was ok but by Thursday it became a big thing and I kept finding excuses not to do it. And that is what happened […]