Day #61 - Diet Coke (Marc Jacobs Edition)

I'll admit, this isn't one of my best drawings and I didn't particularly enjoy drawing it either. I wasn't in the best of moods that day and my motivations levels were pretty low :/ Anyhow, the subject I picked to draw was a special of edition of Diet Coke by Marc Jacobs. The design of the bottle was pretty awesome and I've loved the simple illustration. I'll definitely attempt to do a redraw of this. These are all the drawings I have actually completed so far, so I'll probably upload the ones I've yet to do in fours until I'm up to date ^^. Til next time!

Miriam

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Day #60 - Statue of African Woman

I'm currently staying over at my cousin's and finding things to draw has been tough to come, obviously I can find references images to use but I wanna try and cut down much time I spend on the Internet, particularly Tumblr. It's literally like a lost destination for procrastinators. Anyhow, I looking around and I came around this interesting statue, Funnily enough, when I was drawing this my auntie stated that I should've gotten a more bigger sketchbook to fit the whole drawing in and she's was right. The quality of paper is just perfect but the shape of it, if you've seen is mostly square and that doesn't bode well for mainly larger objects I wanna draw, so as soon as I get back to uni next month, gonna buy me a big beautiful kraft paper sketchbook. Hopefully, after that I'll stop spending cause the amount of sketchbooks I have so far is too funny. Til next time!

Miriam 

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Day #59 - Goodbye (for now!)

This is the last in the mannequin series (for now). I've really enjoyed drawing the mannequin and I wanna try my hand at drawing him in different media (watercolour, oil paint?) Over the past few days, I thought it would good to see other's artwork to re motivate me again and  oh my gosh, I've got A LOT of practising to do to get at that level. The next week coming is African statues! Gotta love ancient artefacts.

Til next time,

Miriam

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Day #58 - Run!

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I am so sorry yet again guys, I actually completed this drawing on the actual day (6/12/14) but I went to a Christian Christmas event that same day and well, I was just too lazy to upload and then it carried on, like a domino effect and here I am now. The thing I've noticed as well, is the environment that I'm in effects how I work? I dunno if anyone else feels like this but if a room is too messy to work in, then it de-motivates me to work in it. Ever since I went back home, I haven't been able to work on the daily drawings, that and I'm currently doing my first internship which has been brilliant so far :D. So my sincere apologies, again, for the lack of posts. In the near future, I just upload what I have done rather than completing the rest of the drawings and then uploading.

Anyhow, this is day 58. After, I've used up the graded drawing pencils I'm using, I'll probably look for better quality from Winsor & Newton or other art suppliers. In the near future, I'm aiming to draw pencil on kraft paper like this . Apart from that, I have been continually in another sketchbook, just practising ideas I have or how I'm feeling currently. Again, I'm so sorry for the late updates and I hope you enjoy the drawing that I've done so far.

Miriam

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Day #57 - Down in the dumps

Have you had a bad day today? Did your internet mess you about? Did you stub your toe? Is your mood so far the equivalent of the drawing above? No worries. Just flip several tables, breath and relax. Jokes aside, if this day hasn't been your best, here's to an even better day tomorrow. In other good news, I have caught up with my drawings so back to actually doing  a drawing per day. Til next time! ^_^

Miriam 

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Day #56 - Leaps and bounds

Media used: blue biro. For some reason, I could imagine the mannequin leaping through a field of flowers. I could draw that. Sure why not. 

Miriam 

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Day #55 - Walk like an Egyptian

*Walk like an Egyptian...* *ahem* Hooray for tonals! :D I was almost able to fit the mannequin's other leg in? Aha, sleeping pattern is a mess and I've just given up on it completely. >.> Hope everyone's good ^^

Miriam

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Day #54 - Ballet pose

I wouldn't say this is much of a pose cause I wasn't able to fit the arms and legs in (oops!) Media used : blue biro. Comparing the mannequin drawings that I did so far, I prefer doing them in pencil. I just love the effect of the tonal pencil.

Miriam

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Day #53 - Take a bow

Mannequin poses this week! Cue Rihanna - Take a bow. I bought one of those wooden mannequins that you use for practising poses so I thought why not use it for this week? Media used is shown on the left. If you really want the best quality I recommend going to a good art shop, it may be a bit pricey but the quality is worth it. :)

I was really happy with the drawing and differentiating between the different level tones of pencils. I look forward to the results I'll get from these in the future. In terms of media, I just felt like focusing on pencil and biro pen (again) But I'm aiming to do other mediums that I haven't used yet for this challenge: charcoal, oil pastels, Faber colouring pencils (that's gonna be a toughie), also I wanna try primacolour markers too. Soo much to experiment with *_* 

Miriam

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Day #52 - Heart necklace

The last day of jewellery week. I happy with the outcome and how my pen skills have progressed too. Also, if anyone has any suggestions on what I should draw, that would be great. 

Miriam 

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Day #51 - Flower Earring

This is probably my least favourite drawings that I have done so far this week. The proportions aren't that good and I feel pretty neutral about it. Will definitely be adding this to my redraw list. 

Miriam 

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Day #50 - Heart Earrings

50 days of drawing?! Only another 315 more days to go.... Anyhow, moved onto earrings and I was happy with the outcome especially with the right earring because I feel like I'm getting there with drawing how light reflects on surfaces. Also, thanks to this challenge I stop drawing in my spare time which is good for me but bad for my projects. 

Miriam xxx

Day #49 - Blue Heart Bracelet

One of my favourite bracelets and definitely one of my favourite drawings so far. Ummm, not much else to say apart from the usual.It's crazy how fast this year has flown by and that 2015 is in 26 days O_o. Hope you all have had a good week and a good year. Let's see what 2015 brings :D

Miriam xxx

Day #48 - Rose Ring

I love love LOVE drawing roses. They're just so beautiful to draw. I feel like my cross hatching is becoming a lot more tighter and refined which I'm happy with, but the random blots of ink coming out of the pen not so fun. -___-

Miriam xxx

Day #47 - Black Marble ring

Back again! and uploading! Sorry again guys! >.< Anyhow, day 2 of jewellery week was another ring. The proportions weren't the best, they were alright and I had drawn the black marbles: some bigger than the others. (Oops!) But I have really enjoyed drawing in blue ink so far. I recommend fellow artists, to get these kinds of blue pens from WHSmith or somewhere similar cause they are just the best and  feel that they bring out the right vibrancy of blue biro on white paper. Til next time!

Miriam xxx

Day #46 - Gold and green ring

Hey all, sorry for yesterday. I meant to upload the rest of the images but I got very sleepy and I needed to gather my portfolio for an internship interview. ^_^  Week beginning 24/11/14, my theme for the week was jewellery and decided to focus on using blue biro. A very good choice I must add, I really enjoyed using this medium (apart from getting ink on my hands and smudging it on the pages) and I feel like I'm getting better at using the method of cross hatching, the more I do it. I was very happy with the outcome and I hope you lot enjoy the rest. ^^

Miriam xxx

Day #45 - Redraw of day #23

Hooray for new sketchbook and good quality paper! :D I really needed a better texture and this sketchbook did just that. If you ever need a good one, checkout Paperchase. I got a sketchbook with 140 pages for £4.75 which I must say is very good considering how Paperchase is expensive somewhat. This redraw was of the crumpled up pieces of paper I did and I am really really happy with the outcome. Drawing with blue biro just entertains me to no ends. The week of drawing, I just used blue biro. It's so beautiful to use on white paper. 

Miriam xxx

Day #44 - Redraw of day #32

I was pretty happy with the result of this redraw, but it probably would've made more common sense if I had used the art medium as well to see the difference, my bad! I think I was able to nail the smile more better in the fineliner drawing. Here's to improvement! :D

Miriam xxx

Day #43 - Redraw of day #31

I think I need to practice side mouth poses more to get better. I'd say I'm still on the same page when I first drew this pose. Feeling pretty neutral on this one. (REDRAW!) More practice i guess!

Miriam xxx

Day #42 - Redraw of day #5.

Hey all, I am so very very very very very sorry about the lack of new posts this week (and last!). This week hasn't been the best and I've been trying to figure out a better time to upload my artworks since doing it late at nights isn't really working. For the majority of the drawings, I was able to draw them for the day but because I am an distraught mess, the tasks to upload them kept piling up. I can't say it'll happen cause you know me. But I will try to be more organized with this. As I stated in the last post, this week (or rather last week) was redraw week to see how my art skills have developed. Today was a redraw of day #5. It's safe to say I've improved a bit when it comes to using blue fineliner I think, but more patience is needed for sure. Hope everyone is good, happy and healthy. Sorry again for the long wait but at least you have loads to see!

Miriam xxx

Day #41 - Redraw of day #2.

Real eyes realize real lies. My mine just realise that the Internet in my halls is terribly terrible hence why I couldn't upload yesterday.  Originally, I was meant to do a redraw of day #8 but I couldn't find a photo to work from so I chose day #2 and I'm glad I did. I used tonal pencils this time and there certainly is a difference showing in my work. I'm getting to understand now, how professional artists make their drawings so realistic and it's slowly beginning to show in mine. The only problem that I had whilst doing this drawing was the sketchbook paper.  I found the surface to be a bit rough when I did previous pencil studies before, but it was making the pencils look shiny on the surface instead of that usual gritty feeling you get when using pencils. The good thing is that I found a sketchbook from Paperchase that has loads of papers and it's all so smooth.  I recommend you go there for buying sketchbooks, they are brilliant quality.  Til next time! :)

Miriam xxx

Day #40 - Redraw of day #10

Redrawing this felt A LOT more better the second.  I felt like I was being patient enough the first time. I was quite relived too with what I had done;  sometimes artworks looks better unfinished.  Finally on track (again) I shall be posting as normal tomorrow.  Til next time! ^_^

Miriam xxx

Day #39 - Redraw of day #28.

You know when you say one thing and then you do the other? Yeah, that was me yesterday with this challenge -_- Sorry folks!  Throughout this week, will be redraws and to see how my skills have progrssed thus far. Today was a redraw if day #28. Y'know, seeing I was lazy and whatnot. Quick and easy and I went for different image cause I initially was gonna draw Jack but I was lazy on day 28. Til next time!

Miriam xxx

Day #38 - Pout

The last of the lip poses for this week (well rather last week). Quite proud of how I've improved in using pencil. I hope it continues. I've realised as well that I've been spending more time on this project than I have for my uni projects and the deadline is less than a month away. Hahahahahahahahahaha oh crap. This week, I'll be focusing on redraws of previous drawings to see if a month has changed anything in my drawing skills. Til next time!

Miriam xxx

Day #37 - Sucker face

Today has been a weird day, I guess? A close friend of mine lost someone close to her and it just made me question life and contemplate it. It's just weird how you have that person all your life and then... they're gone. It's surreal. But there is hope and strength, despite death.  Today's drawing is none other than the infamous sucker face or fish lips as other people have put it. I admit this one was alright, but like I said before I'm happy with where my progress is going. Let's hope I see through it! (And I promise, this is the last time I'll play catch up.)

Miriam xxx

Day #36 - Lip bite

Yasssss, so happy with the result of this. (And please excuse the rather lustful pose of the lips) Patient is key when it comes to improvement and I'm happy with how my art skills are at moment. Rather than just use 6B pencils I used Offline Line 12 graded pencils ( 6B, 5B... bssically all the B's and a H pencil) which is probably why there's a huge difference in my drawings and it's something for me to bear in mind for the future. Til next time!

Miriam xxx

Day #35 - Neutral

I was actually so close to finishing this study, but sleep happened. I was just having a look through my pencil studies and I'm beginning to see the improvement.  Reminds me of the quote "If you want to call yourself an expert, you need to amass 10,000 hours of experience to call yourself an expert." I wonder how my skills will be like by the 100th day? Only time will tell. Til next time!

Miriam xxx

Day #34 - Angry

Originally,  I was going to caption this 'Don't mess with' cause that's the whole vibe I was getting from the photo I was drawing from. I'm not sure if anyone else does this, but  I have a bad habit of biting my lip whenever I'm angry or just not in the mood. 1 more drawing to go! 

Miriam xxx

Day #33 - Sadface

You know when you have those days and you just wanna pull this face? Slipping behind uhgain, sorry folks!  This is the result I find I get when I don't really think or try to make the drawing good, if that makes sense. I was expecting it to be horrible but I was very happy by the end. I used progresso tonal pencils for this drawing like I have for the previous two. I really recommend you get them. They're such good quality. Til next time!

Miriam xxx

Day #32 - Smile

Cue Shanice - I love your smile. I think it would be more effective if I included the skin when it comes to drawing the mouth? I feel like it's too weird if I draw just the mouth. If anybody reading this could give me a critque or a comment of what I could do to improve I'd be so grateful! I'll be honest, I didn't like or hate this drawing. I feel like I did good but not great.  Critque is what comes with being an artist I guess. Til next time!

Miriam xxx