Having issues with the wobble. The wrist rest is a pervasive habit and it’s proving difficult to break. I figured single-point perspective would be good practice for drawing from the elbow. I did the undersketch with a straight edge, but the hot mess is imminent. Hence the stalling. I did order an orange mech pencil so next time I can separate the grid from the sketch. Granted it’s not this bad in other perspectives, but whatevs. More. Colors. That right tower cap is wonky AF. Way too curved. Too tired to fix it tonight. The real question is brush pen or fine liner?
Whelp. Hot mess indeed. I really need to quite using straight edges and digital snap lines or I’m never going to improve. I also need to be more careful about line lengths; better too short than to overshoot. Was really tempting to just move on from the wonky outline, but I need practice with alcohol markers too. More colors would help. Not crazy about anything below the waterline. The tree reflections are too bulky and the castle too streaky. Having to fill between the fence posts was a pain in the butt. I should have done those first and laid the fence posts overtop. I am rather partial to the bricks though, which helps. I could keep going, but I need to start today’s prompt. And maybe order some colorless blenders.
It wasn’t an easy thing, she learned, to lend a voice to something she wanted, to express it aloud so that it transformed into a real, acknowledged desire and not merely a passing fancy she could hide away with the vestiges of half-forgotten dreams and faded childhood ventures.
Quenby Olson, Miss Percy’s Travel Guide (to Welsh Moors and Feral Dragons)