I WANT TO DRAW YOU! Episode 8 - @redrica | Vlog #35

Hello! And Welcome to I Want to Draw You!

Today is the eighth and last episode of my series where I will be drawing members of the Steemit and Dtube community. The members chosen were the first 8 people to comment on my video announcing this challenge. It's an opportunity for me to develop my skills and also connect more intimately with the wonderful beings in this community.

The eighth comment was from @redrica She is a lovely mumma from the UK, who enjoys sharing her love of crypto, creativity, natural living and being present. She is an active member of the #steemsugars community and you can often find her showing support to other members. She's also got a few videos on dtube and I hope to see more from her in the future!

In today's vlog ~

I get excited about a box.
It's International Women's Day! I love all the ladies!
Eye contact with the camera is important! Learn from my errors.

With this piece I went with what I am good at and that is full watercolour, even though I knew the paper would give me trouble again. This sketchbook is almost full so I will be investing in a decent watercolour one for my next one. After doing 8 portraits I found this one to be the easiest. I have gotten to a point where I am starting to become familiar with how faces and angles work and seeing my small mistakes and being able to correct them and better translate what I see in my mind. I tried to capture the beautiful light across @redrica's face in the reference image but I was really working against the paper. My favourite part was the hair, it came together so naturally.

What I have learnt over this series is that a constant practice will always help with improvement. The last two pieces were created with mindful intention and awareness and because of this reason I feel they are my favourites out of the series. I am so happy that I was able to commit to this and I am thankful for every person who participated and who has followed the ride. I look forward to sharing more art with you!

Thanks for being here and I hope you enjoy!