Week 5: Monkey business

Assignment: Draw a monkey using only 4 colors. I chose a variety of colors and media. I used color pencils, water color, markers and ball-point pen. At first, I drew a sketch using a pencil and then colored it. I am posting my work as well as media I used for this assignment. I hope you like it!

Week 4: 100 faces

I didn't draw 100 faces... Only 12... Didn't have time(((

Week 3: Draw your ... child (or pet)!

Ok, assignment for week 3 is to draw your pet. I don't have pets. However, I have a 10-month-old daughter. She is not, of course, a pet, but for the purpose of assignment she suits very well. She doesn't pose and doesn't stay in one place for more than tree seconds, so drawing her was very similar to drawing a cat or a dog :)
Here are my sketches. It was difficult, but I will try to sketch her again! I think this assignment is very good for learning how to stop thinking and just draw what you see. 

Week 2: Blind contour

I am a little bit late with 2nd assignment, because the due date was Tuesday, but anyway, here's my 2nd homework. I was supposed to draw a blind contour of giraffes. After drawing couple of giraffes I decided to draw some basketball players. It turned out to be a fun exercise!
Here are my drawings:

Week 1: Cats in Bed

Ok, here is first week assignment: draw several cats until you find the right one and then render it using your favorite medium. The catch is to draw in bed.
Surprisingly, it was harder than I thought. May be it is because I am too critical to myself, but everything I drew I hated. But finally, after 30 minutes or so I drew this cat:

And then it was really unexpected, I drew another one. This is the Cat with a pearl earring. However, because I drew it without looking at Vermeer's masterpiece, I messed up colors. Anyway, here is my second cat:

My goals

I created this blog to post my projects from the book Drawing Lab for mixed-media artists by Sonheim. I plan on posting my sketches every week. There are 52 projects total, so it will occupy me for a year. By completing projects I expect to improve my drawing skills, be more creative, be less critical of my art, and bring more joy and playfulness into my drawings. Most of all, I expect to just have fun!