100 Days of Learning to Draw (Fundamentals)

I love painting and creating art but struggle greatly with drawing – something that increasingly seems to be more in my head than anything. I tend to freeze up whenever I sit down to draw anything, and I know I just need to do it more often to get over this! So… I’m challenging myself to 100 days of drawing fundamentals. I’ve got a 9″x14″ sketchpad that I’ve started on with basic form and volume – am posting my first few pages below.

Goal: Draw and post even a single form each day for 100 days, guided by fundamentals of drawing.

Pre-challenge start…

Starting with value scale and spheres…

More sphere-like shapes… I feel like once I start relaxing and having fun with drawing, it gets so much better

But then … next day, pushing myself to do more – I lock up and everything takes way longer, is grueling-tedious, and looks wonky anyway.

Nothing for a few days in frustration. Then came back and took a stab at cubes and cylinders…

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