Toddler Two Dress….Ta-Done!

I could not resist taking a picture of these two Toddler dress girl drawings side by side.  They look pretty cute together!



Had super-major trouble with this thumb.  In the picture the child is holding sunglasses so her thumb is curving around a shape.  To draw in the object would’ve just confused everyone (mostly me) so I opted to curve in her thumb to her chest.  Not pleased with my rendition!



Ok, so….I cheated!  Things were going way...too…slow with the watercolor pencils so I had to finish things up (details in the feet, hand and clavicle) with regular colored pencils.  I needed the control and consistency.



The far left is the original picture from KK Childrens Designs….then my color-replacement….then my drawing.  If I could do it over again….I’d probably still change the dress to red…but leave the leggings white.  White is fun to work with, who’d have thought?

Toddler Dress Two….Forming

I feel like I’ve been working on this forearm F.O.R.E.V.E.R!  The w/c pencils are a bit thicker, so the application tends to be heavier.  Must keep that pencil sharp.



I must admit, applying the folds to the dress has been fun.



The dress was too flat so I had to take up some red to create more folds here.



Almost done…the hand shouldn’t be that hard since I don’t have to deal with fingers. 

Toddler Dress Two….Watercolor Challenged

Had a little time before class the other night and I really wanted to just pitch these watercolors and do the rest of this drawing in colored pencil!  But….in all fairness I couldn’t say I tried if I gave up that easily.



So, I persevered with the help of my instructor.  Who gave me some really good tips to redo that ruffle that was giving me trouble.  I had to neglect the photo observation and just make the ruffle work in the way the pigment presented itself on the paper.  Much easier that way.  I was able to adjust the orangi-ness of the ruffle some too.



Yes…I am watercolor-challenged!  It’s a whole different way to draw.  The water can be applied to take away pigment or to add pigment.  It’s just one big puzzle….but there is a solution….I just have to play along and pay attention! 

Toddler Dress Two

Broke the image down into 3 workable parts….to assist my contour drawing at the start.  I learned this trick a few months ago….and I couldn’t be happier!



Well, had to change the colors from the original again.  The original had a grey background which I made red.



Now the fun begins!



Started on the foot because it was closest.



Messed up the ruffle….hopefully I can disguise it.

Toddler One….in Check

Finished the ballet slipper shoe….thought the flower motif on top would’ve been more difficult, just made it look realistic not exact.



Couldn’t resist adding my markers to the edges.  Just seems to work for me.



Wish that this dress wasn’t so neat and new…didn’t leave much room for imaginary folds.



This was a fun transition from colored pencils to watercolor….[ & watercolor pencils].  I’m still trying to figure out how much water is too much.  Because the tiniest bit of water can move that pigment fast.

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving! 

A Dancer……Facing Forward

Well, I got permission from the photographer (Tilak Haria on flickr) to post this picture on here, but he disabled downloading. So the only thing I could think of was to take a picture of my monitor. Which doesn’t do the picture justice, please click over to the original to see it much better. It’s no wonder he disabled downloading with over 2000 views and over 75 people calling it a Favorite on flickr, I would too.

What drew me to this Dancer was the colors of her dress. Ahhhh, such beauty. But I kept it simple and just colored in the dress my way…..Remember the sketchbook has to be completed by January, so had to speed things up a bit……plus didn’t think I could draw in all that detail anyway.

Still in my contour drawing mode because you gotta start somewhere and it allows me to use the drawing like I would a coloring book.

I don’t know if the watercolor pencils were the right choice for these parts of the dress. I thought they’d show more contour and shading, did not pull that off.

Markers are so much more predictable. In other words, I’m so much more comfortable with the markers versus the pencils.

The face of the actual dancer is so much prettier than this simple one. I only noticed after I outlined her lips that they are not centered….. Shoot!

The cool thing about her dress is the way it was partitioned off. Which allowed me freedom to doodle or zentangle in those striped areas anyway I pleased.

I got the idea from Rebecca at DaisyDolls Gypsy Caravan to use the music symbols in the background. She had zentangled some faces where she used music notes….I thought it was Brilliant! Since, I don’t know how to read music please forgive me if this is all gibberish!

All-in-All she was a lot of fun to draw.

Whew, that’s page 5 complete!