
Xena 2
Details
- Work: 1696
- Size: 14" x 17"
- Medium: Graphite on Paper
- Sessions: 15
- Start date: 4/17/2020
- End date: 4/28/2020
I’m happy to announce that this Xena drawing is finished and I’m done with this character. Time to move onto the next one.
see the postThe Xena drawing is almost done. I would have finished it today but I’m not a tight schedule of creativity throughout my day.
see the postXena has such wonderful jet black hair and in order to go pure black with graphite I needed to really work my arm hard.
see the postInstead of just drawing what I see in the photo I focused on drawing with motive today.
see the postI’m back on track today and working on the same drawing of Xena I started from two days ago. I also got some great gestures done today.
see the postLots of challenges today with web stuff so my art time turned into a very short day.
see the postHaving more fun with another practice called “Group Poses” plus I started a new Xena drawing.
see the postI’m trying hard to see structure in the photo of Xena I’ve been drawing from for the past couple days and it’s not going well.
see the postI really dislike this latest Xena drawing. I’ve overworked it and killed any emotion or feeling in it.
see the postI really enjoyed the reverse gestures exercise from The Natural Way to Draw this morning.
see the postInstead of constantly getting discouraged I try to focus on the process not the outcome.
see the postDrawing Xena and measuring before every stroke I realized the problem with drawing methods upon checking my progress.
see the postToday I switched gears, picked a new image, and tried a more traditional approach to drawing Xena.
see the postI was pushing myself to just let the drawing happen and it turned into a pretty bad drawing.
see the postWe need to have a deep willingness to do “bad” or “ugly” art when trying to see rather than copy.
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