30 Day Drawing Challenge: Day 22 (Monday, 5/13)

I skipped another Friday. I'm sorry; I am a horrible drawing challenge leader. Anyway, today and for the next few days are some perspective-type exercises.

22. One object from 3 different views

Previous challenges:

1. Your bed
2. Someone you love
3. An animal
4. A food item
5. Your favorite room in your home
6. Something that reminds you of childhood
7. Something in your kitchen
8. The view out of your favorite window
9. An eye
10. A hand
11. A mouth
12. Your favorite feature on your body
13. Your favorite feature on someone else's body
14. a Leaf
15. A symbol of your favorite holiday
16. A symbol of your country
17. The first word you learned to say
18. An object with a strong glare
19. An object with a strong shadow
20. A transparent object
21. A TV character

Three relatively sloppy pen studies of a banana. This banana is slightly more ripe than I can handle. 

30 Day Drawing Challenge: Day 21 (Thursday, 5/9)

I planned this one with something specific thing in mind, but now I don't know if I'm up for it. Either way, we are stuck with it because to change challenges on a whim would just be to draw what I feel like drawing, which is not the purpose of this exercise. So,

21. A TV character

Previous Challenges:

1. Your bed
2. Someone you love
3. An animal
4. A food item
5. Your favorite room in your home
6. Something that reminds you of childhood
7. Something in your kitchen
8. The view out of your favorite window
9. An eye
10. A hand
11. A mouth
12. Your favorite feature on your body
13. Your favorite feature on someone else's body
14. a Leaf
15. A symbol of your favorite holiday
16. A symbol of your country
17. The first word you learned to say
18. An object with a strong glare
19. An object with a strong shadow
20. A transparent object

Jesse Pinkman. Graphite... BITCH!

30 Day Drawing Challenge: Day 20 (Wednesday, 5/8)

Today is another continuation of the fundamental-type stuff we have been doing the past two days. This is something I personally really enjoyed when I was first learning to draw. It's also something I haven't really done in a long time!

20. A transparent object

Previous challenges:

1. Your bed
2. Someone you love
3. An animal
4. A food item
5. Your favorite room in your home
6. Something that reminds you of childhood
7. Something in your kitchen
8. The view out of your favorite window
9. An eye
10. A hand
11. A mouth
12. Your favorite feature on your body
13. Your favorite feature on someone else's body
14. a Leaf
15. A symbol of your favorite holiday
16. A symbol of your country
17. The first word you learned to say
18. An object with a strong glare
19. An object with a strong shadow

This guy is a little drunk and wonky! conte on construction paper. 

30 Day Drawing Challenge: Day 19 (Tuesday, 5/7)

Today is a continuation of the theme we started yesterday, and may be similar depending on how you interpreted that challenge, due to the nature of light.

19. An object that casts a strong shadow (and its shadow, obviously)

Previous challenges:

1. Your bed
2. Someone you love
3. An animal
4. A food item
5. Your favorite room in your home
6. Something that reminds you of childhood
7. Something in your kitchen
8. The view out of your favorite window
9. An eye
10. A hand
11. A mouth
12. Your favorite feature on your body
13. Your favorite feature on someone else's body
14. a Leaf
15. A symbol of your favorite holiday
16. A symbol of your country
17. The first word you learned to say
18. An object with a strong glare

The only thing at all interesting about this image is that I created it on a Buddha Board, which is a very cool board on which you paint with water. Your strokes start black and fade gradually, so you have to plan ahead to create different grades of gray. The philosophy behind a Buddha Board is that it is meditative to create evolving and temporary creative works. It's a product I love. 

30 Day Drawing Challenge: Day 18 (Monday, 5/6)

Hello everyone. You may have noticed that I skipped a day on Friday. I had friends form home in town from Maryland, and thus afforded myself a three-day weekend. Sorry I didn't give you a heads up. Anyway, today and for the next few days I planned some fundamental-building type exercises that might be fun and might not depending on what kind of person you are.

18. An object with a strong glare

Previous challenges:

1. Your bed
2. Someone you love
3. An animal
4. A food item
5. Your favorite room in your home
6. Something that reminds you of childhood
7. Something in your kitchen
8. The view out of your favorite window
9. An eye
10. A hand
11. A mouth
12. Your favorite feature on your body
13. Your favorite feature on someone else's body
14. a Leaf
15. A symbol of your favorite holiday
16. A symbol of your country
17. The first word you learned to say

This is an item that should be familiar to anyone who spent a lot of time with me in my early 20s: A straight razor that was intended for cutting hair but that I began bringing with me everywhere as an all purpose tool/ protection. This is graphite, a little bit rough, but I am happy with it for the time I had to do it. 

30 Day Drawing Challenge: Day 17 (Thursday 5/2)

Here's one to force you to talk to your parents:

17. The first word you learned to say


1. Your bed
2. Someone you love
3. An animal
4. A food item
5. Your favorite room in your home
6. Something that reminds you of childhood
7. Something in your kitchen
8. The view out of your favorite window
9. An eye
10. A hand
11. A mouth
12. Your favorite feature on your body
13. Your favorite feature on someone else's body
14. a Leaf
15. A symbol of your favorite holiday
16. A symbol of your country

"kitty"

30 Day Drawing Challenge: Day 16 (Wednesday 5/1)

16. A Symbol of your country, which in many ways is related to yesterday's challenge, a symbol of your favorite holiday. Often, the ways in which we celebrate holidays reflect the culture of our nations.

Previous challenges:
1. Your bed
2. Someone you love
3. An animal
4. A food item
5. Your favorite room in your home
6. Something that reminds you of childhood
7. Something in your kitchen
8. The view out of your favorite window
9. An eye
10. A hand
11. A mouth
12. Your favorite feature on your body
13. Your favorite feature on someone else's body
14. a Leaf
15. A symbol of your favorite holiday

An American Bald Eagle. Black and white conte, yellow glitter crayon, pencil on construction paper.