So I decided to do this weekly art challenge at the beginning of last month, with the idea that it would force me to do more drawing that I had been doing. Well, I was right about that! In the last month, I think I’ve done some drawing or digital painting every night.
But I haven’t done what I initially thought I would do – turn out a new drawing every week.
The first week, I completed 3 digital paintings. Just in the first week! But then I tried working with an app that didn’t give me the results I wanted, so I ended up with an unfinished doodle and since I didn’t like how the app in question handled, I decided to abandon that picture and move on.
Abandoned sketch. He started out cute, but the app wasn’t cooperating.
Then I started work on the current painting, the “Zombie Portrait.” I’ve spent a lot of time on this one. The pencil sketch alone took at least a week. Now I’m slowly getting the painting part of this done, and since I’m doing this as a painting instead of a sketch or cartoon, I know there’s no way it will be finished this week.
But does that matter? Is it against the “rules” if I don’t turn out a new image every week for the “weekly art challenge?” I don’t know. I started out with no more specific a goal than to draw or paint something every day. So I think if I do that, I think I’m doing pretty well.
Anyway, here are the latest images of the work in progress. I’ll keep working on this one until it’s done, and then move onto the next piece!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cynicalwoman/15307397193/
The almost finished pencil sketch for the “Zombie Portrait…”
And the current painting in progress! Ta-daa!
