neurodivergent artist and author
I’ve been getting caught up in perfection, or I should say lack of perfection, in my face practice. So, I decided to work more loosely using different mediums to lessen my irritation. Today I scribbled a face with Stabilo-All black pencil, then added water. I also added a touch of color to her eyes with colored pencils. Today’s #mabsdrawlloweenclub2019 prompt: witch.
Today’s Drawlloween prompt from Mab Graves was “coven.”
Today’s Drawlloween prompt from Mab Graves was “toad,” which I incorporated into my daily face practice.
Today’s Drawlloween prompt was “Yōkai.” I had thought I was finished, but then kept adding little details throughout the day till I ended up with the third and final version below.
Today’s Drawlloween prompt from Mab Graves was “black dog.” I really struggled with getting this piece the way I had envisioned it in my head. I didn’t succeed, and finally decided to just let it go and call it finished.
This is my rendition of Mab Graves Drawlloween prompt “huntress.”
For today’s face I did another pencil sketch and focused on shading.
For today’s face, I used Tombow brush markers for her face and Ecoline brush markers for her hair. I also wanted to try out the Lavender Daniel Smith watercolor that I bought recently, so I used it for the background. I had a lot of issues with the mixed media paper I used, but I am happy with how she turned out.
Today is a busy day, so I decided to do a pencil sketch for day 10.
Today I learned that it is good to keep going even if I don’t like what I see on the page, and that trusting my instincts and allowing myself to grab supplies intuitively really helps the process. I also learned that sharpies do smudge when gone over with an alcohol marker. Oops!
I was feeling a bit blah today, so I had planned to leave her as a pencil sketch, but I followed a nudge, and traced over the pencil sketch with a sharpie art marker, and then followed another nudge, and colored her in with alcohol markers. Then I did a bit more with colored pencils, and added some highlights with a white gel pen.
Sarah Joyce Bryant 