OMG We're BACK

In Canada, that is! I'm so happy! xD


I've been drawing on and off since my last post, so here are the highlights:





This is a collection of sketches I did while we were still in the UK. We were at a get-together at a pub after a funeral, and I wasn't feeling particularly melancholy. So instead of showing this and probably offending people, I buried my head in my sketchbook.







This is the very first page of sketches I did in Canada since moving to England. I sat down and drew a whole page's worth of stuff to make sure I hadn't lost my drawing ability - I'd not picked up a pencil for at least a fortnight at that point, since it was really hectic with packing just before the flight. I had barely any free time for drawing.








This is one I coloured with watercolour after the first day back at school. I'm really proud of the colour job, since I had my doubts about how nice it would look. But I think it's a great substitute to digital colouring. Our copy of PS Elements got lost in the shuffle when we moved, so it's pretty much my only option now, unfortunately.


My style's solidified more, I think. It's got common elements now, as opposed to bits of whatever manga I've been reading recently. xD

OMG - and news

I have a brand new piece of art in the works! It should be done end of this week or beginning of next week, depending. I had an epiphany whilst experimenting with watercolours on backing board. I dropped all of my art to start it, actually. I've just got to paint it so it should be easy enough to complete. I'm really happy with it. It's using the same manga-inspired style end up with when I sketch. It's easier than me trying to make people look realistic, I can never get it right.


I may end up taking a picture with the digital camera, it's a bit too long for the ol' flatbed I think.


Me, my sister and Grandad are all doing fine without mom. She's left for a week to go size up properties in Canada. We're going to try and move back, we've all had enough of it here. I'm a little apprehensive. We have a lot of boxes of crap to sort through and we'll only be able to take the bare minimum back with us. What with all my schoolwork and sorting stuff out I'll be pushed to find any spare time. Plus I've got the deadline of June 28, as that is when I fly to Canada for a visit. As it is, I may well end up not using the return flight and just stay at a friend's house until the rest of my family comes over, but we'll see I suppose. I think I'll miss the Land Rover more than anything, although I suppose our extended family count as well. XD


Off to do the art that I ignored yesterday, now!

Trompe L'Oeil Painting

Yeah, so this isn't a sketch by OH WELL. I've been super busy with schoolwork recently... essays and other overdue stuff is piling up now, and I have a lot of art to finish every week in order to complete the course in time. Let me tell you - online school is hard. I'll admit that it does have perks, like being able to give yourself time off and all that jazz but in the end, you live your life in one room pulling ridiculously long shifts six days a week to keep it under control, with no human interaction and severe lack of Vitamin D. I've never felt so unhealthy. [/whining]

But it's almost done! I only have a few more weeks left and then I am free. (Till next year, but at least that's in a 'bricks and mortar' school.)

This is a Trompe L'Oeil oil painting I did last month. The whole point was to try and make the objects look as realistic as possible, so the observer thinks they're looking at a photograph. The key was to use a shallow depth of field by placing the background very close to the foreground, to make it easier for shadows etc. I stacked the entire Harry Potter series behind a little cat ornament. I'm actually quite proud of it, but it took ages to do.

I'll probably be back with more old art stuff soon, since I fail at new sketches.

The Deal

'Kay, so I've decided that I'll aim for at least one sketch a week, and try and increase that when summer rolls around. I have a lot of homework piling up now that we're getting into May and I need to focus on that, not posting on this blog. I'm also into writing stuff right now, not drawing, so the updates will probably increase when I hit another drawing phase. I get those fairly frequently so that should be okay.


I also am going to convert this blog into an art blog instead of just a sketch blog. So with that in mind:

Photographs from a 'Rule of Thirds' assignment for Art. I feel like I've posted something more substantial, now. :3