So last week I finished up "You can draw anything" and was so excited to go get started on this course. It did not disappoint! I am so pleased with how my illustrations turned out!

For a loose drawing with lots of line variation, I chose a Koi fish. It ended up being a little more rendered than I intended but I never would have attempted to draw anything like this if I hadn't gained the confidence from the previous class and the flower I had already drawn successfully. I had faith I could pull it off!

To focus on patterns, I referenced some art from one of my son's favorite bedtime books titled "I'm a Big Brother!" by Caroline Jayne Church. The artist uses patterns for every illustration in the book so it was perfect for this exercise. Using skills from "You can draw anything", I found the baby pose I liked from one illustration and a teddy bear I liked from another. I put them together in my own way for this art work :)

I was really stuck for my texture piece. Thinking in the shower, in the car, as I was falling asleep -nothing was jumping out at me. Finally, I just sat down with a paper towel and some ink and laid down some blots. The pattern was super cool and then the brick wall came to me. This was so incredible because this is the first illustration I conceptualized from my own brain. I googled some lettering I liked for the scripts but it was so encouraging to see not just an artwork but my favorite artwork come to life from my own creativity just by playing with new materials and applying the concepts from your classes. Sincere thanks to you for making my art journey so incredible!

fish, baby & bear, brick script - image 1 - student project

Alex Raynaud

You're not too old! Chase those dreams!

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