May Sketch Day Challenge

The ISS is kicking back into gear for May.

For this challenge, I have come up with the following idea.

A 'pick your challenge', from the following:

A) May, Sketch A Day - 30 sketches for the month of May

B) May, Sketch Every Other Day - 15 sketches for the month of May

C) May, Sketch Sketch Every 7th Day - 4 sketches for the month of May.

With this, I am hoping that everybody who wants to participate can, no matter what their life schedule may be. If you would like to join in, please shoot me an email at: melissa (at) melissadowillustration.com with a link to your website (if you have one), and I'll get you added on.

Looking forward to seeing everyone's sketches!

Okay

I've got to be able to do that every 7 days thing. I'm all about Donna's tips also. I'm in!

Jody

Casey C-P; a valiant effort (14 pages)

Ah, the last day of the challenge. I apologize for the image dump. I got no where near 50, but I did draw way more than the previous month(s). I had a good head of steam starting off the month, but then got a nasty stomach bug and didn't do much of anything fun for a week, let alone pick up my sketch book. But anyway, excuses, excuses, blah blah. Very fun challenge, Melissa!

These weird octopus-riders crop up every once in awhile in my sketchbooks

More work on some lettering for these guys.
Bands are the best clients: they don't pay well, but they have cushy deadlines.

Fellow insomniac sketcher, Donna Jeanne Koepp inspired me to do at least one observational drawing. I love this little chair, and the toys made for good models.

These last two are a couple characters for a concept brewing in the works. Very Northwest, no?

Onto the next challenge!

-Casey C-P

37-Donna Jeanne Koepp

FINIS

Well, there we have it! 37 pages in 31 days. Thank you Melissa for the challenge!!

Here is what I learned:

1. Everything is interesting to draw.

2. Put down a line, put down another line, and another, and another.

3. Look at the relationships of those lines.

4. Look at the shadows.

5. Look at the values of things.

6. Just use ink, it's OK to mess up a line (turn it into something else).

7. Carry my sketch book everywhere.

8. It's ok NOT to draw everything in a scene.

9. I can draw something everyday, for some amount of time.

10. It's fun to share art.

11. It's never good enough, so finish the piece and move on.

12. There is so much to learn, I'll never know it all.

13. Keep dreaming and certainly keep drawing.

14. Faber-Castell PITT pens have quite a bit of ink in them.

15. The memory of a thing is much more vivid if it's drawn.

Off to draw monkeys and crocodiles.....see ya later!

Donna Jeanne Koepp

36-Donna Jeanne Koepp

Who designs the Kleenex boxes these days? What does the box we select say about our personalities? Do I think I'm running out of subjects to draw? .....I just need to look around more.

35-Donna Jeanne Koepp

Monday, Monday......

34-Donna Jeanne Koepp

Hmmmm.....imagine that....I should really look at this stuff.

33-Donna Jeanne Koepp

I WILL practice hands....and feet.

32-Donna Jeanne Koepp

I've had alot of dogs in my adult life. But only one breed has been allowed on the furniture and the bed......the Scottish Terrier. I love when we decide to just "lighten up"!

31-Donna Jeanne Koepp

Does anybody really care? Saturday.....ahhhhhh!!!!

I love ravens and am fortunate to own a sculptural wall hanging by Barbara Glynn Prodaniuk a Truckee, California pottery artist and sculpter. Thank you Leola and Barry for giving me a studio guardian who always holds the key.