When Tammy drew that adorable bicycle sketch she inspired me to draw a bicycle myself. Since she planted the seed, all I had to do was find a decent bicycle picture. When I spotted this picture on Flickr…..I thought….Hmmmm, maybe I can draw this. I like the bike, I like the girl and of course….yeah…..I like the beach! So, off I went to draw this. I made a total mess out of it! First, I drew the bike too long, had to shorten it, then I drew the girl too small, had to enlarged her. Then I decided…..it’s time to put away the graphite. I needed a bit of color & doodle relief, because my confidence level was waning.
Being one to favor the full color spectrum, I thought it would be fun to bring those rainbow colors into the wheel spokes.
It was really hard NOT TO BRING OUT the stencils for the flowers! I thought I’d wing the flower shapes, that it may add more interest.
Nothing like a little Zentangle background to make the colors more striking.
Just a little close-up of the change in the flower design on the person.
Here’s a perfect example of changing your mind after starting a drawing! It’s either work with what I’m comfortable with or just keep on erasing! Some days I’m better at pushing past my comfort level. As you can see, this wasn’t one of them.
