I finally managed to set aside some time today for getting myself involved in Inktober. The level of stress and guilt had been increasing everyday since it began. That small voice at the back of my head kept saying ”Ooooh, you cannot find 15 minutes for a drawing? Shame on you. How will you ever discipline yourself?”
And even though I had legit reasons, I still felt bad and thought it would be best to crack on with it! My first illustration was a hand warming practice using staedtlers (which I have gotten obsessed with since the last 3 days) in my sketchbook. I don’t know why but today the colors felt kinda off to me. Maybe it was because of the change of paper but I havE enjoyed watering them up in my previous drawings. Today the white background did not work out well for this hand sketch. It felt as if it was creating a problem for the colors to blend. But after adding black gouache, it looked okayish.
I had some pencil sketches ready which were perfect for inking. I think it’s a good idea to keep a book of sketches which can also be modified later on. You can always paint them, ink them, sketch them or tweak them anyhow you like.
It can work as a great time saver when you want to practice different mediums
Sometimes the sketches turn out to be so horrible that I end up laughing at them. The left one looked like it was deformed and broken! I find drawing fingers/toes challenging because there are so many subtle curves which if not drawn correctly can lead to out-of-form looking parts. I am really looking forward to reaching a stage where I can look at my own hands and paint them live!
I hope you enjoyed this and if you are interested in practicing hand gestures, you can check out this link :)
Lots Of Love <3
