I decided to go with fruits for my first 5-day challenge.

I really enjoyed this challenge and will definitely be doing more. I constrained myself to 30 minutes, a fruit, a specific color palette, and usually incorporated some symmetry.

I was still very much playing around with different brushes in procreate so there are different brushes used throughout each drawing, which I wouldn't necessarily do in a "real" drawing but it was a fun way to compare how just adjusting the brush could really affect the overall style.

Day 1: Pear - my least favorite of the drawings but I do like the upper left pear with a floral "cut out" and it was fun to play with a looser black outline.
5 days of fruits - image 1 - student project

Day 2: Lemons - again I like the bottom left with the floral cut out. I think part of my style is emerging maybe? I do like the really clean shapes that a smooth, solid brush offers, especially with bits of white/cream incorporated. 5 days of fruits - image 2 - student project

Day 3: Strawberries - meh no. This worked better with a white background but it was too much adjusting to go back and fix things. I kind of liked the floral cut out of the center strawberry but in general I am very underwhelmed by this one. 5 days of fruits - image 3 - student project

Day 4: Pomegranate - originally drew this one with a white background but thought the florals and dots really popped with the dark background. I went back to this one on day 5 because it was originally just the central pom with two symmetrical ones directly beside it and decided to break up the symmetry so that it flowed more with the florals. I also added all the additional greenery that is not in the original bouquet.

what am I learning? I like incorporating florals into things even when they are not the main subject. 5 days of fruits - image 4 - student project Day 5: Peach - This was my first time using the chalk brush in Procreate which was enjoyable. I liked also incorporating the smudge/blend tool which I hadn't used before. again, florals. what can I say :) I'm quite pleased with this drawing but I do think that it isn't necessarily "my" style but more of a style I am drawn to that others do that I more or less replicated here. I do like the softness of the brush with the peachy softness of the subject.

I don't know that I would keep the symmetry as is here. honestly I think the symmetry was mostly for me to feel like I was filling a full page in my 30 minutes and it is really fun to watch the drawing appearing next to what you are working on. 5 days of fruits - image 5 - student project

I really enjoyed this class and I have already made a list of many other 5-day prompts! for the next one I think I will restrict myself to the chalk brush throughout :)

Thanks for an inspiring class Genna!

Maria Montzka

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