As a child, drawing faces and eyes were really the only thing I was interested in doing. And although it's been decades since I picked up a pencil to do a face, this came back to me just like it was yesterday (with more mature perspective) which is kind of mind-blowing. Just sitting there all this time....dormant. So, how could my 'eye' mature without drawing in all that time?
The eyes have always been my favorite part of drawing a face. I have no idea if this is the proper way or not to start but once I capture that 'essence' in the eyes, the drawing becomes a living being that I am interacting with. It was like that as a child and apparently that feeling is still there as I try to re-capture my love for drawing again.
I also never know what this person will end up looking like which is another reason I truly love drawing faces - it's like watching a really good movie and being impatient to see what the ending will be like but enjoying all the scenes in between - and then almost by magic, it just seems to come together to my astonishment.
This particular drawing was done for the IFC Championship post. It was something that I wanted to do although I had no clue if what was in my head could be translated to a drawing.
I started with the eye and was pleasantly surprised that it looked like...well, an EYE!
Somebody didn't like my attention going toward drawing
"What drawing??!" purrrr "I see no drawing."
"ME, ME, ME ME-OW! Me kitty butt is on your eye! FEED ME, LOVE ME...just don't pet me."
Mina was, by far, the most difficult obstacle in this drawing. No cat naps?
"I'm back!"
When sitting on my drawing wasn't effective enough for Mina, she resorted to grabbing my pencil with both paws and fighting me over it. And when I had to leave for a minute to do something else, I had to cover my drawing and put all my pencils up because she'd push them all off the table onto the floor. LOL She didn't do this with any other drawing, just this one. Wonder what was going through her mind?
But eventually, I managed to make headway. The key was having Mina visit with one of the boys while I was drawing :)
And there she is!
Next....draw the impossible! HANDS! I had to draw hands if I was going to be releasing a bird in this drawing. Hmmmmm
Let me tell you, the hands kicked my butt. Learning on the fly.
With some careful shading, it started to come together - my first attempt at drawing hands and I DID IT!
All drawings were created using GRAPHITE and are original works
