Drawing #2

So, I feel pretty good that I'm getting around to this again.  I know a month is not the same as a week but, it is so much more than I have been doing for the past 5 years or more.  So, just to remind you I am just starting back so don't judge too harshly.  This is supposed to be the Ogglette at 9 months based off of a picture my sis-in-law took.  I feel a little lazy for copying pictures so maybe next time I will try to draw during the day so I have enough light to draw something from life.  I will try. 
Last night I was feeling pretty discouraged about this drawing and probably would have given up half-way through and certainly never posted it but, felt a little obligated since I had already told you I would eventually.  I'm glad I did because it was good practice and looking at it this morning I decided it's not too bad.  I think it just will always bug me that her face just doesn't look as chubby as it should.  So never mind that she looks a tad like Jay Leno in this one.  If it's possible to get better by doing just one drawing a month then, expect better in October.  Until then, I hope you all will make time to do something you used to love.  Don't wait until the kids are off to college and you've forgotten what you used to like to do.

Drawing #1

So I was feeling a little inspired after talking to the former artist I mentioned in my last post. Since she taught painting before becoming a SAHM I asked her what the best way to start when teaching yourself to paint. She suggested that I get back to drawing first and so that's what I did. I felt a little of that back to school excitement as I pulled my old art supplies out of a box in the basement. I was also amused to see the Hello Kitty items I had comepletely forgotten about. Well, I think I have everything to get started!

One suggestion she mentioned was trying to do at least one drawing a week. I'm not totally sure about committing to that at the moment but, I thought at least I could start on something. So I hope you don't mind me sharing my attempts with you all but, here is my first drawing from last night. It didn't turn out nearly as well as I had hoped but, I suppose not doing anything artistic for more than 8 years can get you pretty out of practice. I'm hoping with some practice my speed will improve too since this took about an hour to do and that might kill my motivation in the long run. But, I definitely think I could have done this in half the time when I was a teenager drawing all the time so I suppose with practice I will get back that efficiency. But anyways, here it is. I wish I could day the inspiration was all mine but, I used a photo from a magazine as my subject.