It took me much longer than a week, due to the flu, but I eventually finished them all. I also was colouring some of them in and still want to colour in the rest. I really struggled in the end to get to 100 but I can also see a definite improvement from the first page. I haven’t been drawing people for a while, so this was a great exercise.
Next I think I will do 100 animals 🙂
Another page coloured in….I spent maybe 3 min on each sketch and then another 5 min to colour it in.
Still having fun with this challenge. Here some of the coloured in sketched. I realized that I am either drawing kids or old people, which are both more interesting to draw.
It´s already Friday. Again! Time flies when you are having fun… Another sketch from last year that I just discovered again. I am so full of new ideas and so little time to put them into practice. But I will hopefully get there eventually.
Next weeks is the fun challenge of 1 week 100 people that I did last 2 years ago. I am determined to take it on this year as it is great drawing practice. So next week you will get to see some newer drawings.
Changed perspective for this one.
More watercolour and ink.
Have a great week!
Last but not least, another classroom scene.
I was just thinking, would it be a interesting to do a children´s book with these images? A book with no words, but plenty to discover for kids? Let me know what you think.
And what kind of pet could be missing from the terrarium?
Have a great weekend!
Another classroom another scene.
What kind of pets did you have when you grew up?
This was my first attempt at a full scene in watercolour and ink, where I put the characters of the previous posts into action.
I am very happy how it turned out. Any comments and criticisms are welcome 🙂
Did you ever take your pet to school?
Another character sketch. This time with pencil outline, just to try something different.
I don´t like how the dog turned out, but I actually like the softer pencil outline of the girl. What do you think? Do you prefer this over ink?
Tried something slightly different with this guy. Instead of the usual ink I used a coloured pencil for the outline.
What do you think?
Another kid with her pet. Is it just me or do her eyebrows make her look like she is planning to cook the pig…. ? 😀
Watercolour and ink.
Part of my character design practice from last year for Take Your Pet to School Day.
Do you have a pet?
Some of the initial sketches of the class room.
Have a great weekend! I will be out enjoying the sun.
Experimenting with putting character sheets together…
What kind of pet did you have as a kid?
I still think that dogs make the best pets.
I made a last one of these Art vs Artists collages. Also more for me as I enjoyed taking a look at my work from last year.
Below are my first proper attempts of watercolour illustrations. I still feel like I have a long way to go. But practice makes you maybe not perfect, but better bit by bit.
Happy weekend!
Another sneak-peak of my upcoming Mr Fox book…
Wondering what he is up to? Stay tuned.
Melanie Franz 