Here are the sketches from this week. Many are still from the awesome Abigail Halpin.

Wednesday, I made this girl. She used a digital texture in the background but I used pastels in mine.

the next day, I had little time so I did this girl:

Friday I did this angel but didn’t color cause i had no time:

on Saturday my pastel pencils had arrived so I did this girl with wings:

on Sunday, I did the awesome ladybug carrying the nest. I love this one. Used pastel pencils again.

Monday was this boy.

Tuesday I changed artists and subjects and tackled this bluebird:

and here we are. as always some are ok others not so great. let’s see what next week brings.

Here are the sketches from this week. The ones from this week are still a bit plain but I like these more than the ones from last week. I like the color, too and I think I might try to mix in color more often.

Wednesday, I made this girl. I didn’t color her but I should have. at least i could have added some depth:

the next day, I did the deer. I love how it turned out:

Friday I did this elephant and I got the proportions wrong a bit.

on Saturday I did a simple girl with baby.

on Sunday, I did the girl feeding the fish.

and then colored it.

Monday, I picked another girl. I love this artist and the girls she makes.

and Tuesday I did another girl by the same artist who’s wonderful.

and here we are. as always some are ok others not so great. let’s see what next week brings.

Here are the sketches from this week. I drew a terrible portrait on Wednesday so I decided to challenge myself and draw only portraits for a little while. If the lack of variety bores you, I apologize in advance.

Here’s the original, amazing girl and my terrible version:

the next day, I did another girl. a little better this time:

Friday I did this girl.

on Saturday I made the stunning girl.

on Sunday, I drew this girl but just her face.

Monday, I drew this girl but in graphite:

and Tuesday I drew this girl. but again just the face:

and here we are. some are ok others not so great. likely i will do another week of portraits.

Here are the sketches from this week. I am still playing around with different subject matter, mediums, etc. I can’t say I’ve found my comfort zone yet and while most of these are ok, I am still not really happy with them. But practice makes perfect, right? So I keep practicing.

On Wendesday, I started simple with this girl.

right after, I tried something different with this girl.

Thursday I did these owls.

Friday was the birds and trees in water.

on Saturday I made the girl with wings

on Sunday, I did this face:

Monday, I totally changed course and made the windmills:

and Tuesday I tried to make this amazing girl but my attempts were nothing like the striking original:

and here we are. Not the best week but also not the worst. I am still going and I love that.

Here are the sketches from this week. Still experimenting and trying a wide variety.

On Wendesday, I made my own version of this tree.

then colored it.

that one took forever!

On Thursday, I had little time and wanted to do a quick one so I picked this girl.

and colored it.

on Friday, I tried to sketch from a photograph, so I went for a lizard.

on Saturday I made my version of these sketched houses:

And then I did this bird.

Sunday, I made this awesome tree and bird, though mine is “cleaner”.

Monday, I did this girl. I don’t like how it turned out but I sketched and that’s what matters:

later that day, I did another girl.

and Tuesday I made this face:

And here we are. six weeks and counting.

I’m still sketching daily here. I’ve been experimenting a bunch more this week some hits and a bunch of misses. But I keep at it. It will get better with time and practice. I really believe it.

On Wendesday, I wanted to draw from a picture so I tried to recreate this bracelet and here’s my version.

and then on Thursday I tried to make this purse and realized again that I suck at the color pencils so I tried to add water and that turned out to be a disaster, too:

I felt bummed about my disaster so I made another quick one on Thursday night based on these ballet slippers.

on Friday I wanted to do something different and something that wasn’t a lift of someone’s sketch so I used this toaster:

on Saturday I went back to Andrea’s sketches. I did one half of this side mirror:

And then I did another quickie one based on this sketch of sleeping lovers. Not a huge success.

Sunday, I picked the journals by Andrea:

Monday I discovered Charlie Bowater and fell in love with the girl on a swing.

and Tuesday was another girl:

And here we are. Some experimenting this week. I am still enjoying the process even though some of my sketches make me cringe and I feel discouraged and frustrated more often than anything else, I am still really enjoying this process a lot!