A small update on my work

So I have actually being doing quite a lot of drawing, and I think my project is coming along quite nicely now :)
Here are a few examples from my sketch book .....

This first one is an attempt to use weight of line to give the drawing form, by indicating where shadows are with darker lines and the lights with, well, a lighter line. Although I do like this drawing on the whole I need to work on this a bit because I don't think I've got enough variation in the line.

This second one is similar to the first but I've introduced some tone, again something I need to work on some more as it seems a bit wishy washy, and kind of just unstructured scribbles. :/

This last one I do like though! I'm not sure if cropped pictures like this one will fit into the series that I'm planning, but I'll definitely be doing a complete drawing like this one!

Woohoo - 30 hours DONE

woohoo I have finished my 30 hours of blind drawings. I have to stay it is quite a relief, although I do have a slight sense of achievement as well!
I do think though that these last drawings are the worst, maybe that's just because I had built it up in my head, my 2 final hours! I must of though something amazing was going to happen, but seriously I think it is because 30 hours is a long time to do any type of drawing and it is definitely time to move on.
Looking back I have found this task useful and think it was definitely a good start to my drawing project - 'Learning to draw (Again)'. Its kind of been like a long warm up to the marathon head, and I'm certainly warmed up and raring to go!

Nearly there.....

Almost there now! yep I have completed 28 hours of my 30 hours of blind drawings, so thought I would give a quick update of how things have been going with a few select pictures.
Sometimes I have found it quite relaxing but sometimes it has been the exact opposite! I have drawn my boots many many times, although there is only so many times I can draw them! Therefore I have drawn anything and everything, things around my home, people on the bus, at a portrait class and so on,I have come across a particular favorite though which is making drawings from fashion magazines! - maybe something to look into in the future.
My confidence with drawing seems to be improving already and at least I'm back to holding my pencil properly - rather than gripping it as though I have some great fear of it. I have been working quite small though, A5 to A4, which I am finding a little bit restrictive, which means its time to start working bigger for the last couple of hours.
So with that quick update here are some pictures and I'm off to complete my 2 hours.........

..........and some more blind drawings!

These are some drawing s that I have done from fashion magazines. I enjoyed doing these drawings, it was alot more relaxing than some of the other blind drawings that I have been doing. Not sure why really?

Portrait class

Here are a few blind contour drawing that I did in a portrait class.

Some more blind contour drawings.