day 11 and 12 - Portraits and Desk Shot

as you can see, I am rather tired looking from my above picture, so I let my portrait slip yesterday, sleep got ahold of me instead. I did play in my journal today though to try and catch up.

a soft girl, trying to master bodies still, and they still get the better of me, but I keep trying anyway as one day they will be drawn with ease and without thinking.

not sure if i like her background though I might try and fix that aspect up later, but overall I like her.

and a quilt long necked girl, I have a think for red heads it seems! I want to do alot of line work in her background but when Im not so tired!

a shot of my copic marker box, and my favorite pencil case, giving to me by my darling besty  It comes with me in all my handbags, filled with my current colour palette. She made it herself, after we picked out fabric together many years ago now, but I love it just the same.

and a page I'm working on, when I'm not drawing faces, sometimes I like the simple pages of my life with photographs, simple painted backgrounds and a little text.
have a lovely evening
xx C

Faces In May - Day 3

We are off and running in the 29 faces in May challenge, and I've got to say, I'm getting really excited about it! I started stockpiling portrait photos that I liked from pintrest as reference points for my drawing. The quirky old man, was one of those photographs. He is my day three, I've been working on him all through my day even during the time I went shopping, having a tea while I was out, I sat and coloured him with my markers.

the woman opposite him was just a girl that developed while I was sitting on the couch, not sure if she will be day 4 or if I will go looking for more photographs to sketch!

a close up of my old man, he is predominately in greys, I used two shades of brown copic marker, and a prismacolour pencil as  highlights around the eyes and the shirt.

and a close up of my blue haired beauty!

how are your faces going?

xx Courtney

New things!

So today's post is all about new things...I've been in a marker club for a while now, getting 7 markers a month, so it grows rather slowly but hey, its the only way I'll ever afford a stash of the delectable copic markers. Now even though I've got these markers, I've pretty much never used them...horrid I know! Until Marker week with Jane....my goddess was like a light bulb went on with how to use these lovely things. (even to the point where I'd bought a few more markers while I was out, due to pure excitement! Korean Brand, 'Touch')

so the shading lesson came out on Thursday I think...and I decided I'd leave the boxes and unpacking chaos behind me for a bit so I could jump in and start using these beautiful markers for more than what I was using them for (eye candy lol) this is my second girl that I drew...you saw my first girl the other day...and shes in the photo below anyway. I was super happy with my second attempt, I kept going ' Wow I did that!' I got scared of wrecking her...but I knew I had to do a my mixed media assignment, so last night I got my things out, spread them far and wide and got down to it.

with a little bit of patience, and alot of line drawing, sloshing watercolours down, spraying inks and some hand stamping randomly..with time and glee..she turned into these brightly coloured siren...and you know what... I bloody adore her!!
so that is what I've been up to between the unpacking. I'm looking for my video camera amongst the boxes so I can start my art vids back up for youtube.
I'm off to buy a food processor and a boomerang pillow!
xx Courtney

The Copic Marker Fear

I know...I knowwwww....I didnt make the full month...and to be honest, there was no humanly possible way to do it, I was a little but nuts I think, to believe I could art and move house all at the same time! I've only just gotten a little bit back on the art horse. Still recovering from the move and the horrid unpacking lol..but its Marker week with Miss Jane, and I will say now..I was scared..I have copics...a little growing stash...and hadnt used them.. well like twice to write something lol..but thats it.


Even with the fear, I jumped in...headfirst and started my face while watching Jane's shading vid....here is my copic marker girl..almost finished.

just some work on her hair, which I'll do with watercolours, and I'll cut her out and glue her into my journal.. yes I didnt draw her in my journal because I didnt want to make and ugly mess in there... shame on me..mistakes are growth..next time I'll suck it up.
and my homework for the week, was to work on my shading of spheres, and to incorporate them in a creative way...so here is the journal lay out that I finished while waiting for the dr at the ER for eli....that's another story, and a rather crazy one lol so..just admire the waiting room art instead hehe.
so that is all I have thus far...trying to get back on the arting horse has been hard since there are so many boxes all around..but thats ok, bit by bit we will settle in.

take care my lovelies...and also a big hello to the new followers! I've seen my digits creep up a little bit over the past few weeks so hi! welcome and thanks for taking the time to stop by!
xx Courtney