Given my encouraging first attempt at realistic drawing, I decided to give it another try before my next lesson.
I realised how dumb I was to not bring my course package home. How do I practise without the course materials? *whacks head* So I bought a set of pencils and erasers and realised how difficult it was to find the graphite stick.
My brother loaned me his charcoal slabs and I could make do with it with the use of the eraser to lighten the background. We don't have a pencil sharpener at home as well. (DANG IT!)
So today, I tried working on my second piece of drawing (without Nicola's help). I decided to work on something simpler, my inhaler.
The initial phase was frustrating. Nothing looks right and measuring seems far too mechanical for me. My internal chatter was ruining my motivation to continue. But I pressed on against all the chatter. Slowly, the chatter diminished.
I worked on it for about 1.5 hours and honestly, it's far from fantastic. I walked into my brother's room and asked him what he thought of my drawing and he said, "Is that a hair dryer?" So you get the picture.
The proportions are not right and it's due largely to my laziness and unwilling to do the approximation. As a result, the body of the inhaler is far too thick and not quite long enough. The bottom portion of the inhaler, as you can probably tell, is a nightmare. I'm not able to show the depression in the side or the shadows.
The side of the inhaler is also as bad. The clear lines marking the side of the inhaler was not seen. The Ventolin bottle is slightly off-shaped.
And so you have it. My inhaler drawing. I am definitely still at the FRUSTRATION stage of realistic drawing.
Satisfaction: 3/10
Frustration level: 13/10
How do I draw without a view finder?
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