Sketchbook Marathon?

So I've been completely obcessed with drawing this past week. I don't know what it is, but I think I'm becoming more flexible to what I can draw. I'm very good at caricatures, but I have alot of things that I sort of know how to draw that I shy away from because I become uncomfortable with them. So, instead of limiting myself to what I do know, I'm teaching myself what I don't know.

And so, here are my uncomfortable drawings!

 I actually am not comfortable with posing the human figure apart from a standing position. I constantly draw people standing, so this drawing of this Native American girl was a stretch for me, and I found that posing people in different positions actually give you more about the character than just having the character standing in that same static position.

I also have trouble with drawing elderly people. People who are older have more folds and flaps in their face, and it becomes hard for me to describe their oblong facial features through shading. This was a memory sketch of the man I talked to while at break at my work. His relaxed face looked angry, and he reminded me much of a pug. I find that the best way to do a memory sketch is to talk to the person while you're studying them, that way you have license to stare at them without being a creeper.

 I don't know why, but I find it extremely hard for me to draw people from the right rather than from the left. I think its because when you're in caricatures, you find things that work, and for me it was drawing people from the left. This is another girl I know from work, which by the way, thought this drawing looked hilarious because her sister is always talking about how huge her upper lip is.

I am getting slightly better at drawing animals, hince why I was drawing so many animals on my last entry. Their anatomy is very much similar to people, but the way they carry themselves is totally different. This is why I'm trying to become more comfortable with them. Plus its extremely fun to give animals a characteristic feel.

Another thing I am completely uncomfortable with is drawing the male anatomy. I think its because with the female anatomy you have liscence to use curves and they have more of a fluidity with the way they distribute weight. With men, its more like a wire that bends with tension, so you use less lines of fluidity and more lines of structures. I've been meaning to draw a merman for a while now, and I finally got the chance.

This is more of a classic take on my style. I was inspired by this painting of cupid to do this drawing and make it my own. It was very different and I used more pastel colors than anything. I loved how they hid his privates under a blue cloth that is magically caught in the wind.

Well, thanks for viewing my interesting sketchbook entries! Later!!!