19 Nov 2019, 15:09

Ok, it's not entirely true that I'm just really slow. I had to stop for 10 days because my husband went on a business trip and, after the rounds with kids and homework and housework and bed, there was no time (or brain power) for drawing.

So now I'm back at it!

My theme is like a day-in-the-life-of kindof thing. "An afternoon with homeschoolers". It's one I don't really have to research too much on to get the stories, because I was homeschooled, and my 3 kids just stopped being homeschooled. So this is basically how our house used to look on a daily basis.

I did, however, research different living room/kitchen photos to help envision the space I wanted to create rather than just using my living room.

I had done all sorts of thumbnails, just to figure out the space I was trying to portray.
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Then I did a small thumbnail-ish sketch of how I wanted the room to look, since I had very specific criteria that I wanted to portray in my illustration. thumbnailish.jpg

And I turned this into a bit bigger sketch during an art chat with with my 12yo. I was explaining how drawing boxes without a horizonline eventually lands you in trouble (all the while landing in trouble - nothing teaches better or has a more comical reaction than a parent failing during the lesson) and making sure perspective is right is crucial in the long run. sketch1.jpg

Now I'm back at thumbnails to get the perspective/POV I want and structure the composition, although, I'll need to evict the art chair thief if I want that to happen. artchairthief.jpg