A year of drawing

Who needs another creative outlet ? Not that we really have time to add something else to our ever growing list of projects, but why not, its fun right ?
Earlier in the year I came across Illustration Friday, a website all about drawing and ilustrating. So much to look at you could easily get lost there for hours.

When I saw that they did a weekly drawing prompt I thought why not, I cant draw but what a fun way to try and learn. So I got myself  a(nother) visual diary stocked up on coloured pencils and replenished my watercolours and was ready to start.

Some of the prompts were a little tricky and some were quite simple. I struggled some weeks to get something down on paper and many times nearly ripped it all up and gave up not happy with how my drawings were turning out. I didnt though, with a little encouragement from friends and my family I kept at it.

What I have ended up with is  a book full of all different drawings, some im proud of, some id rather anyone not see, but what im most proud of is that I kept going and didnt give up.

I plan to keep going through 2014 and fill my book up and even start a new one, its fun! Who wants to join me with a drawing or doodle a week ?

Thanks for stopping by
Lis :)

Illustration friday

I was browsing through my blog reader a couple of weeks ago, catching up on the lovely Miss Kate's blog. In one of her posts she mentioned a site called Illustration Friday, having not seen this blog before I decided to go have a peek.
You can go check out the whole blog for yourself but they are a site dedicated to illustrations (as the name suggests) and every Friday they have a weekly topic where you are encouraged to draw something and upload it.
I have been playing around with drawing in my art journals a tiny bit for awhile, and also trying my hand at some painting and sketching so I thought why not give it a go.
Please not that my drawings are very very basic and maybe even a little childlike, but you have to start somewhere right? Im hoping that if I keep going that I will eventually get better at it,but for now im having fun interpreting their topics.

Weekly topic - eye glasses

Weekly topic - swim





































I have recieved comments a few times over the years ive been crafting (12 years) about how I must of loved art and school and done so well at it.
I did art in year 7 at high school as it was a compulsary subject, then the next year when we could choose I dropped it and never took it again! Sometimes I wish I had kept taking those classes, maybe I would of learnt alot more about techniques and styles and would be alot better than I am now.....but I never did so will just have to try and learn as much as I can now.

Thanks for stopping by
Lis :)