I am proud to say that I drew everyday for two weeks! I made a lot of drawings but I would like just to share a few of them here with you all. :D (My favorite of these ones is the frog!)

Days 9 & 10 : Rome This was really challenging, but very satisfying. It was an emotional rollercoaster between satisfaction and fear of not going through with this challenge a bit "out of my league". All in all, a lot of observation, a lot of fun trying to simplify values and lines, refining, and an end result which I like. Best regards

Day 8 : bears (again). This photo of bears by Nikolai Zinoviev inspired me, and I decided to give it a go as a birthday present to myself. I'm quite satisfied with it, even though it required some unusual tasks for me (fur and complex values). I started with rough envelope to setup proportions, the. some study lines / CSI, and switched last to values. It's kinda hard to create light values when somewhat dark outlines are in place. I tried to compensate that with some light background, but the light fur of the older bear could have been perfectly white for more contrast. Anyway, I'm happy with the result, so I'm out for a reward! As always, comments are very welcome!

Day 7 (yesterday) : my bag. I was quite tired for other reasons, and drawing was a welcome distraction to clear my head, but it was harder than usual. The proportions are wrong, even if I'm the only one noticing it. I am still in the mood "I want my drawing to be as accurate as reality as possible". I feel that I need that before moving forward to more "interpretative" drawings.

Hi :). Today was my last day of the challenge, that I successfully completed! I drew projects for this course, I completed longer drawings, I drew cats from life and I did lots of little doodles. Here are some of them. I enjoyed drawing more often. I found myself being less afraid to try new things: toned paper, drawing a background, drawing animals I never drew before. I don't think I would keep drawing everyday, but I will plan more drawing sessions during the week. I really saw the benefits. Feedback is obviously welcomed :)

Day 1 and 2

Day 1 2 and 3

Day 6 : domestic scene This was challenging for many reasons : poses, fabric, multiple subjects, faces… I would probably never have tackled it before engaging in this course, or at least not this way. By acting like a "good student", I managed to put it down curve by curve, line by line. I started with very rough enveloppe objects for proportions (some of them a bit off), then the main curves in searching lines mode, then added precision and details. This lasted around 45-60mn. I won't upload the photo for privacy. Feel free to comment as usual ! Best

Day 4 : a casowary, and a commissioned cartoon Here is a casowary, from a photo. Tonight, my daughter asked me for a drawing of a "young rich girl with curly hair", so this is my digital take on Procreate, from imagination, in "search lines" mode and in "precise lines" mode, on another layer. I have a timelapse, but it's too big to fit here. I can feel my practice improving, which is great ! Along with the "simplify from observation" project, this was a busy drawing day! Best regards

Day 10: the cat sat still long enough to draw him. Didn't get the proportions right yet though 😆

Day 9: tried tackling a trickier subject with 3 layers stacked on top of each other and a similar perspective problem as the well from previous post. I should probably dedicated a whole page instead of half a page. I'm pretty happy with the result however. I decided to overlap the zebra despite this not being the case from my POV as a solution to make the depth ordering more clear.

Day 3 : animals, stuffed and real The cat is actually from the end of yesterday, and the stuffed bears from this morning. They do feel a lot easier. "Too easy" would be a warning sign for me ("I can draw every shape"), so I keep focused on line quality and CSI. I shouldn't have added too much context with the bears, as it kinda loses the focus on them, especially without shading or color. Maybe a lighter tone could have been better. But I'm happy with the end result nevertheless !

Day 2 : two attempts with household items. Before breakfast, I first attempted a jar whose curves I like very much. I think I did a decent job capturing those. Overall a good experience, short and focused, with some mistakes corrected on the go. The second attempt, the chair, went OK but I do realize that my perspective if off. I may have been distracted by the preliminary "placeholder" sketch. I am too used to isometric perspective, and got tricked by it I guess. Other than that, it felt good not to struggle for ages to find a decent line. I mixed 2H and 2B for the jar (I forgot to use the 2B as intended at first…), and for the chair I used the 2H for the sketch, and 2B for proper lines. This is kinda scary for now, but it does makes the lines look more confident imo.

Day 7/8: a little attempt at a tablecloth, and a stone well with some pumpkins on it that is near a local farm shop. I found the perspective on the stones tricky and noticed that I got tricked into drawing them straight on even though they should loop around. I think next time I'll lay in perspective lines first as I did the ellipses for the top of the well already and could just have followed those to lay in the perspective.

This is the first day of the two-week challenge. I'm not good at all with this kind of routine, so let's see where that goes. Anyways, here is a first "nature morte" (still life in English ?) with the random objects that laid on my desk and a little composition. I squeezed the drawing in the last 30-45 minutes of the week ! I'm trying to overcome my late laces-related trauma. :) Also, I realize that the eraser-pen might come in handy for tiny areas which can ruin the global perception.

I think this is maybe over 2 days

Day 6: live with a newborn means sometimes you don't get a lot of time to draw 😅

Day 5: some teacups.