FlashMob: Russian letter Б

Hi all!

Last week I started participating in another new project. These are flash-mobs ran by Natali Ratkovski, a Russian designer based in Germany (notice that the log is in Russian).

When the subject was announced last week - I loved it. My head immediately started working and I made a long list of objects starting with a letter "Б" (equivalent with B). I chose a Drum and a Tambourine.

When drawing a children drum I first observed the object trying to understand what colors I should use. Not an easy task, I must tell you.

I had a great time drawing these but here's the question: why are the images so bright? Is it because of the white paper? Or is it the quality of a paper that doesn't match the medium? Or is it because of the fact that these are really simple and cheap colored pencils? I don't know... I'll give it another go and then I will probably go and buy myself a proper set of colored pencils.

In the meanwhile I'll start exploring the subject and try to find tips for colored pencils drawing.

Have a great day,
Dalia

Drawspace lesson I05: How to draw a striped fur

Hi all,

We continue to draw animal drawing and this time we do stripes. I immediately thought of Zebras and Tigers, as those who has such a fur. So, at least, when I draw a Tiger, not everything will be new to me.

Two types of fur presented here: circular and wavy.

I don't know what's the mistake I made here. It just doesn't really look like fur. So I tried to draw it again.

While doing this second set I thought that maybe the reason for the fur being unrealistic is that my hatches are too even in it's length. As much as I tried to vary the lines, it was not easy. So I think I'll put it to my "lessons to repeat" list.

Hope you were more  successful here then I was,
Dalia