So you probably have realized that I've got a LOT of catching up to do, blog-wise anyhow. I haven't posted the past few weeks' worth of in-class drawings and homework for the Drawing Children course, and yet tonight we just had our very last class!
It was a great little journey, going from babies and hands to every size and shape of children we could draw. I highly recommend those who are considering a career in children's books to take a class similar to this one, or to read through some of Andrew Loomis' books, and to DRAW SOME CHILDREN. It certainly helped me a great deal!
But anyhow, I'm jumping ahead to our last project, because I'm super excited about it. After six weeks of child-drawing, and six weeks of learning more on how to make a world look more convincing, I'm pretty pleased with the quality of my work. Things just work better, now that I have a better idea of what I'm doing! And I will be backposting the previous weeks worth of work over the next few days.
So this is how I created the latest finished piece:
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| My original sketch, from our model in class. © Melanie Linden Chan 2011 |
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| The girl needs a world to live in! © Melanie Linden Chan 2011 |
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| Transferred onto Arches Hot Press watercolor paper. © Melanie Linden Chan 2011 |
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| Windsor Blue watercolor wash. © Melanie Linden Chan 2011 |
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| Base layer of color. © Melanie Linden Chan 2011 |
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| More color, along with Caran d'Ache crayons. © Melanie Linden Chan 2011 |
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| Added some Prismacolor pencilwork. © Melanie Linden Chan 2011 |
I came up with a little poem to go along with the art, so I can submit to Spider Magazine! We'll see if I make it in (and I'll keep ya updated), but here's the final product:
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| © Melanie Linden Chan 2011 |
I think so! :D
Very nicely done! Good luck with Spider. I used to have a subscription to Cricket as a kid.
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