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Hello everyone, today I come with a new drawing, one that is supposed to be Cinderella. I thought a lot about uploading this drawing, although I made it specially to publish it. I didn't like the drawing at all, it was a bad attempt, but I don't judge myself, I'm a beginner, I'm just learning how to draw in watercolor.
Despite the challenges, the insecurities and the unflattering result that this drawing left me, I decided to finally publish it because we learn from mistakes. I know I can improve and I know that a drawing does not define everything I have done so far, and although it was not what I expected, I know that there is also art in imperfection.
This taught me that although sometimes things do not go as planned, we always learn something and that's the most important thing, keep learning because in each attempt we take something of experience that serves us well to keep moving forward.
The challenges started from the beginning, I could not make the sketch, I did not have the space and it was too asymmetrical, so I chose to do the technique of the grids which is basically to draw a grid on the reference image and then make the same grid on the support where you are going to draw and thus make in each small square the part of the drawing that corresponds to the reference image. It was the best option for me since the image fits perfectly on the surface.
At this point if I had liked how it went, I think I managed to do a good job, I could perfectly fit everything in its place. The nose and mouth were a little complicated, that's something I always find difficult, but even so I liked it a lot how it turned out. Pretty well proportioned, exactly what I was looking for.
When I erased the grid lines, it looked even better, I liked every stroke, I was happy with the result I had so far, but there was still a long way to go, I was still starting to work on it.
When I started to paint, it was when I really felt that I was damaging the drawing. I had a hard time finding the skin tones, and although the skin of the face looked good, when I tried to mix the colors again to achieve the same tone for the neck, I couldn't, it was either too orange or too yellow, the color ran a lot and it was more difficult to achieve the right tone. And so I kept trying, mixing colors to achieve the desired result.
Here I was already starting to get frustrated, this was not at all what I expected, so I kept passing capable and capable that only damaged the paper more. I thought a lot about quitting, but I had made too much progress to just give up, so I kept going. After the watercolors, I did the details with standard colors to see if I could make it look better but to no avail.
Well this was the final result. It was supposed to be Cinderella from the 2015 Disney movie, I got the reference image from Pinterest. The reason why I continued with this drawing despite everything is because this is how human beings learn, with practice and patience. The really important thing is not to leave things half done. I will keep trying, I will draw Cinderella again, maybe I will use another technique or maybe I will do it again with watercolors. Well, that was all, I say goodbye and thank you for reading me.
Todas las fotografías son de mi autoría y las tome desde un teléfono Samsung Galaxy A13.
All photographs are my own and were taken from a Samsung Galaxy A13 phone.
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