1000 Figures

"The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne"

Hello friend.

Welcome to my journey as I am trying to draw one thousand figures. It may be a good idea to understand the reason behind this quest.


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September 28th, 2011
Figure 21 This is the figure I worked on yesterday. All along, the voice in my head kept giving me reasons why I should just give up. Hard to argue at times too.  I was having a hard time with the position of her right arm, so I left it out. Drawn on 12”x9”.

Figure 21

This is the figure I worked on yesterday. All along, the voice in my head kept giving me reasons why I should just give up. Hard to argue at times too. 

I was having a hard time with the position of her right arm, so I left it out. Drawn on 12”x9”.

September 26th, 2011
Figure 20 Figure 20 took me about 7 hours to complete. I really took my time and enjoyed it. I am happy with the result. A few odds and ends I see are “off” but considering I am 2% there, yeah I am happy with it. Drawn on 9”x”12”. It was a busy weekend so I didn’t get to draw as much as I would have liked. However since the last figure, I did do some studies and started going through some old books reading did doing some of the exercises.

Figure 20

Figure 20 took me about 7 hours to complete. I really took my time and enjoyed it. I am happy with the result. A few odds and ends I see are “off” but considering I am 2% there, yeah I am happy with it. Drawn on 9”x”12”.

It was a busy weekend so I didn’t get to draw as much as I would have liked. However since the last figure, I did do some studies and started going through some old books reading did doing some of the exercises.

September 23rd, 2011
Figure 19 Last night’s drawing. I took my time and I think the initial line drawing was pretty good. Then shading happened. Fuuuuuu Drawn on 12”x9”.

Figure 19

Last night’s drawing. I took my time and I think the initial line drawing was pretty good. Then shading happened. Fuuuuuu

Drawn on 12”x9”.

September 22nd, 2011
Figure 18 I worked on figure 18 last evening. Another battle. Pretty near gave up on it. Thankfully I didn’t. I fear that if I start giving up it will become a habit. I gotta finish it. Good, bad, whatever it is. I really need to do something with my shading.   Drawn in my moleskine, which I am not really convinced is comfortable and something that I want to keep doing.  Grumble grumble.

Figure 18

I worked on figure 18 last evening. Another battle. Pretty near gave up on it. Thankfully I didn’t. I fear that if I start giving up it will become a habit. I gotta finish it. Good, bad, whatever it is. I really need to do something with my shading.  

Drawn in my moleskine, which I am not really convinced is comfortable and something that I want to keep doing. 

Grumble grumble.

September 21st, 2011
Figures 16 and 17 I thought I was having a hard time with figure 16 until I did 17 at which point I just about stubbed myself in the eyeball with the pencil. This is supposed to be fun - and I guess it really is. I don’t know why I get so frustrated at times. I have 983 figures to go - if I was able to get everything right already, I wouldn’t have to do the rest. I just gotta keep reminding myself that.  Drawn on 12”x9”.

Figures 16 and 17

I thought I was having a hard time with figure 16 until I did 17 at which point I just about stubbed myself in the eyeball with the pencil. This is supposed to be fun - and I guess it really is. I don’t know why I get so frustrated at times. I have 983 figures to go - if I was able to get everything right already, I wouldn’t have to do the rest. I just gotta keep reminding myself that. 

Drawn on 12”x9”.

September 20th, 2011
Figure 15 Yesterday I found out that the local art store closed down. It didn’t have a great variety but at least I could pick up some basics. So I guess from now on I either have to take a trip to the city or order online.  I did pick up a new sketchbook, a few pencils and a kneaded eraser and I did figure 15. For the first 20 minutes or so, I just about sent everything flying out the window but I settled down and chipped away at it. Considering how it could have gone, I am happy with the results. 

Figure 15

Yesterday I found out that the local art store closed down. It didn’t have a great variety but at least I could pick up some basics. So I guess from now on I either have to take a trip to the city or order online. 

I did pick up a new sketchbook, a few pencils and a kneaded eraser and I did figure 15. For the first 20 minutes or so, I just about sent everything flying out the window but I settled down and chipped away at it. Considering how it could have gone, I am happy with the results. 

September 19th, 2011
Figure 14 This one just happened on a backpage of my Moleskine. More of a sketch really, which I am going to count, because I make the rules. 

Figure 14

This one just happened on a backpage of my Moleskine. More of a sketch really, which I am going to count, because I make the rules.