Here are 2 months of illustration challenge entries. They are still losing out to my daily doodles for time and effort but some of them turn out well. In fact once more I have been one of the picks of the week! All but one of the entries over the last 2 months I have drawn from imagination, which I consider to be progress. Only the magpie was based on a photo, and even that got suitably altered.
The prompts were as follows: week 14 – camping, week 15- ocean, week 16- mirror, week 17 – collector, week 18- grandmother, week 19 – adventure, week 20 – still life and week 21 – ink.
Week 21 – ink is the week for which my image was selected as a pick of the week. You can check out the 52 week illustration challenge blog here to see the other chosen images for that week and all the other weeks.
Week 21, Ink. A pick of the week for this prompt! This was all going to be in black but my pen ran out part way through. I’m glad it did, I like the blue. Done straight with alcohol based marker pens and a spot of white gel pen.
Week 20 – still life. Here’s some sunflowers from memory as mine haven’t grown yet; done in children’s felt tip pens.
Week 19, adventure. Every book is a new adventure. A quick pencil crayon sketch.
Week 18. Grandmother. Here’s my take on the classic grandmother idea. Biro and pencil crayons.
Week 17, Collector. One of nature’s great collectors is the magpie, and also very pretty; I don’t know why they get such a bad press. Pens and pencils in my A5 sketchbook.
Week 16 – Mirror. I call this sketch ‘Mirror, Signal, Maneuver’ I don’t know about the rest of the world but that’s how we’re taught to drive in the UK. Biro sketch – I decide to forgo colour this week as I wasn’t particularly happy with the results last time
Week 15 – Ocean. The deepest ocean is still largely unexplored. This picture features the following: vampire squid, giant tube worms, gulper eel, giant squid and a hatchet fish. I’m still working with limited art supplies which is a shame as I liked this picture until added colour.
Week 14- Camping. Telling scary stories by torchlight. This didn’t turn out exactly like it did in my head, but like every good workman I am going to blame my tools. I am on holiday with very limited art supplies and now my black pen is suffering.
