Hi everyone, I’ve learnt a lot again this slowvember but it’s time to post as the rest of the month is taken up with other commitments. I wanted an excuse to play around with textures and a less polished looking drawing style. Hope you’re all having a great slowvember, can’t wait to see everyone’s work 
Hi all I’m just after some feedback on this. I’ve got it to a point I’m reasonably happy with, but I’d really appreciate some fresh eyes and opinions on it.
I thought I’d start a bad art lesson bin. Just a fun way to share the frustrations of bad art lessons we’ve had in the past and get them off our chest once and for all.
I can’t believe how much I’ve learnt with svs and how much more I have to learn with them, I’m very grateful. (I’ve just discovered the @davidhohn ‘s lessons too). So I guess this is a bit like gratitude by contrast, showing just how crazy some art lessons have been elsewhere.
My Personal favourite bad art lesson that was inflicted on us was:
DRAW THE TASTE OF COTTON WOOL 
Not perspective, lighting or characters no. Cotton flipping wool.
Please share your own (or feel free to argue the toss about this cotton freakin wool lesson)
Help Do you have any feedback for this sketch.
Does the boy at the front read well?
Does it illustrate “shocked” (while keeping it kid friendly
Any suggestions, feedback and crit at all are welcome.
Thank you
Nice work.
I hope you don’t mind, I did a quick draw over. Alice and Martin Provensons illustration show lots of lines which direct you to the main focus of the image, the keyhole.
At the moment the focus in your image isn’t as directed. It might help to draw up some rough thumbnails so you can work out your composition.
Hope this helps
@Perrij sometimes unrecognisable scribbles I suppose like loosening off before excercise or sometimes more like abstract line work. Sometimes I end up with a character that I can use in the future
It doesn’t fit a prompt. Does it still count?
(When a story comes to life.)
That is beautiful Pam and very original, I’ll check it out.
@Charlie-Eve-Ryan that’s brilliant congratulations, it must feel amazing.
That’s a sweet image. Have you ever tried doing a grayscale version. Or a mirror image.
Sometimes it helps you to see things
Sometimes it doesn’t help 
Can’t wait to see any next steps.
@Braden-Hallett it really works for me Braden. Your sketchier lines are looking awesome. I also think your colours are consistently great too with your enhanced style.
I didn’t Actually know you were using a sketchy overlay
@xin-li that’s interesting. I’ve always found horizontal lines restful too. I did some googling and found Frank Gehry architecture, which reminded me of a conversation a while back, you suggested using shape or perspective in a way that was emotive rather than literal.
Frank Gehry’s buildings definitely reflect a feeling of uncertainty or unease, they’re quite a chaotic mixture of structure.
I don’t know if this sparks any ideas for you.
@carolinedrawing thank you for sharing your process too Caroline. It seems like I might be the only one who isn’t starting off with a good written process. I sometimes involve the odd word but it’s more ideas generation than keywords, concepts and story. I think writing as a regular thing might be helpful for me too, it’s something I’ve always been weak at.
I’m thinking that the written element explored early on would give the rest of the process a more solid base.
@Rachel-Horne yes I know what you mean. Thank you for the encouragement Rachel, I really appreciate it 
@Nathalie-Kranich thank you, it’s a bit of an experiment with textures and line so I’m not sure if it’s all tying in. I might be trying to do too much at once.
