EDM challenge #108

I'm looking a little better today and thus I'm not as grumpy. Thank goodness, I was starting to feel pretty down!

After reading Lynne Chapman's post today, I've decided to post my attempt at challenge #108, and also my first #23...the one I was worried about posting because it wasn't as good. I know a lot of you have mentioned in EDM, and An Illustrated Life, that we can get caught up in trying to keep a certain quality level which only serves to inhibit our creativity. This is something I've struggled with since starting my blog. Notice, I only have nine posts...but I draw much much more than that!

The lightbulb was far more difficult than I anticipated. I thought about getting a simpler bulb, but changed my mind and decided to rough it. The second picture is of my feet...the one I decided to redo because I didn't like the way my legs came out. The third picture is of Kendra, who used to work for me. She was doing her homework during a break.

EDM Challenge #23 Draw your foot

I've had a terrible last few days. Sunday I was stung by a wasp right between the eyes and most of my face has been swollen ever since. Let's just say that a girl doesn't go out in public when she has bags this big! Luckily, I have glasses which help camouflage the bags so I can make some trips out in public...as long as I look down and don't make too much eye contact with anyone! My fingers are crossed they'll be back to normal tomorrow! Right now, I just look ugly!

We've also had thunderstorms and tornado warnings for the last two days. I missed them when I was in Idaho, but I'm getting a little down with all of the gray days. Looking forward to some sunshine!

Well, here are my feet, drawn while watching NCIS tonight. I played around with color in Painter X again, though I wasn't feeling very artistic.

EDM #10, painted

I'm new to painting. (Don't let the watercolors on my previous post mislead you into thinking that I'm an old pro at it...I had an instructor standing over me, telling what to do!) Corel Painter is one of my favorite places to play around with it, since I don't worry about messing up a drawing, or wasting material on something ugly.

So, this is the sketch of my hand, painted with oil paints, in Corel. Very overdone, I think. (especially when I see Janey's !)