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Drawing Prompt Submission

Acrylic on wood

Acrylic on wood

(H pencil on a 139mm x 87mm postcard) A dreamscape image (automatism) which seems to show a woman with folded arms, stood by a wall. The figure was the main thing which became prominent at the Rorschaching stage of the work, and apart from the faint hint of a wall, the rest was dream construct.

Acrylic on wood

Charcoal on wood

Colored pencil on toned tan paper

Drawing Prompt Submission

A quick painting and birthday gift for someone I'm very close with. The week is almost done, just in time for it to start again. Here's to the fact that I'll finally get to do double backs on Saturday, and that's getting me through the week. I don't know, today has been great and horrible all at once. I feel like I need to catch my breath, but I can't.

I suppose this was just a tester/practice piece? My first actual still life from observation and my first time actually using charcoal (yes, I've never truly used charcoal before. Charcoal and pastels are two things I avoid. Their looseness and freeness scare me, considering how rigid I can be). Not sure how to feel about this one. I'm my worst critic, and I've known that for a long time now. There's a lot of practice and progress to be made, but it turned out half-way decent.

Just a girl.

Sometimes the flow of curved lines are what I feel good to me. I just let the pen go.

Pen and ink on mixed media paper

36 Days of the Via Francigena pilgrim walk recorded in sketch form, 1000 miles of drawing.

Black and white, graphite (pencil) sketchbook portrait.