Sketchbook Skool: Week 1...again

 

Homework for the Sketchbook Skool class “Be an iPad Artist”week 1A. I may have mentioned waaaayyyy back... July perhaps...that I bought an iPad for my birthday. My intention was (and still is) to learn a bit of graphic art. After several fits and starts with some You Tube tutorials and overall hemming and hawing and procrastination, I purchased a class at Sketchbook Skool earlier this month (which is super awesome btw). I’m learning Procreate which is really cool but I’m so awkward at it and quite overwhelmed.  I took a break early on because I needed a matte screen protector. I ordered and received it last week and only just installed it today...ugh! that was a frustrating ordeal. There’s a lot of dust floating around here.

Anyhoo... I made it through the first homework assignment: Do a drawing using two or three different drawing tools. This was where I hit the wall the first time. Without the matte surface the pencil was sliding all over the place and it got super frustrating.

So today I went back and started the class all over, did the homework and shared it over on the community page. I’m very happy that I jumped my first hurdle and though the composition is a bit wonky I had some serious fun playing with several of the drawing tools and trying to get more used to this whole new world of creativity.,..

I’m going  do whatever I can to spend some time at this every day. This old dog is gonna learn some new tricks 😉

Diva Challenge #340 and InktoberX2

Diva Challenge #340
Use My Tangle Monday
"Wibble"

This was a fun one. I've made a little stockpile of eco-printed tiles cut down from the larger pieces that didn't result in significant imprints, but I've found make nice tonal tiles. I'm hoping these can carry me through this season of challenges.

I enjoyed drawing along with Laura's video and agree with her about what a great pattern Wibble is. I remember this coming on my radar awhile back and liked it a lot and then forgot about it. Then it showed up on the Inktober list.

Speaking of...I did manage to complete all of the Zentangle inspired Inktober prompts following along with the Diva's YouTube videos and somewhat mirroring her dip pen drawings on Bijou tiles. I had a box full of my home made "Twinchies" from trimmings off of my watercolor tiles/ATC's and what I call my watercolor playground sheets, where I'm just experimenting with new palettes and practicing techniques and mixing colors etc. I also have white ones in here too.

I have about 8 ink colors and decided to play around with the addition of colored pencils. This was so much fun;-)

...and then, there's my Inktober sketchbook wrap-up:

I started this with a simple idea in mind, to draw objects, and perhaps views, in my apartment. Keep it simple and think of it as exercises and a journal of my home. I had never done this type of drawing before and after years of following Draw Tip Tuesday videos on YouTube, I thought I'd give it a go. I was inspired by this video which led me to make the concertina sketchbook.

I got pretty ambitious after the first several drawings because it was going better than I thought... and then, I got off track with a few missed days and felt overwhelmed.
Anyhoo...I'm still working through it although I've given up trying to follow the prompts as they stifled me from time to time when I couldn't make them fit my "Home" theme.

This is the hand made Concertina sketchbook

I'm working through

I mentioned in my last post that I procrastinate a lot with the YouTube videos, but I have to say that  the tutorials I came across a few weeks ago by Alphonso Dunn have been a total game changer! If you have any desire to start drawing or get back into it, check this guy out. Seriously. He's been posting tutorials for years so there are tons of them. I'm addicted.

Still in Inktober mode: Trail

This is near my apartment

the last Inktober prompt

It was a stretch;-)

I took advantage of Free Day at the SF Zoo

no more prompts

just drawing

a day at the zoo

I have a lot of drawing tools and covet more (I'm really wanting for Lamy Safari fountain pens). The ball point pen video I linked to above led me to try these last two drawings and I have to say, I love them.

This just in....

Joey's Weekly Challenge Catch-up

It took me awhile to find my purpose with Joey's latest series of 3D challenges. I was watching another one of Alphonso Dunn's drawing tutorials this morning and got this idea.

This is also a hindrance to my drawing
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