first drawing of 2013...yay!!!

I've finally decided on an art goal for this year. One new picture a week. This is doable and the practice will definitely help. I had a slow start in just coming up with a goal, so here we are in the third week of the year and I've only completed one drawing. It's a start though.
Anyway, what I'm happy about with this one is her lips, eye and nose...her face has beauty and character without looking cookie cut out beautiful. I'm most disappointed with her hair (which oddly enough is usually my strong suit). I ended up cropping the drawing because I really didn't like how the hair on her right side was laying. Also, I think the bangs covering her right eye are too heavy so I may rework that a bit. Any tips would be awesome.

Another Actor

Gabriel Macht (from Suits), yes he's quite nice on the eyes but I think the best thing about his face are all the gorgeous laugh lines around his eyes. I had to try and draw him.

2011-

lock/keyhole

I love things that are rustic looking. A friend and I were talking about trying new stuff with our art and also talking about texture, so this kind of fit the bill for me. At first, when I just had the keyhole part done, I thought it was going to be an epic failure. Then once the wood started getting filled in behind, it all started to take shape. So yeah, I kinda like this one.

2010-

Force of Nature

This is my youngest son, looking up at me from in the pool. I think he was maybe 3 in the picture.  He truly is a force of nature. I love how it turned out because I can really tell that it's him. I don't draw people I know much because I find all the mistakes seem more noticeable and I worry that I can't capture the depth of their personality. His mouth looks a little awkward but that's how it is in the picture. I guess he was kind of pursing it.

2010-

Entwined

This is a pic from a German show with a male 'super couple'. Beautiful actors but mostly I loved how comfortable they were with each other. Plus gorgeous men with their hands entwined... hot!

Faerie Tree...

Ok, it doesn't look like much but I gotta say this took forever...and I kind of love it. I think I might end up making the background dark to make it stand out more. (Again...no scanner)

Actors

From May 2010 to Sept 2012, I was honoured to do the web design and upkeep of an unofficial website dedicated to a very humble, talented and kind actor... basically he's just an everyday guy who loves acting. He's amazing to watch and his low sexy laugh just adds to his appeal. Plus because of him I've become friends with some wonderful people I never would have had the opportunity to connect with had I not taken this website on. Anyway, I would randomly come across a pic of him or his castmates that I wanted to draw.

2010- It'd been a long time since I'd drawn anything so my style was all over the place in the beginning.  Three of these pics are from real life, two are in character.

2011-

Castmates 2010-

Castmates 2011-