Sketch into Spring #14 Doodle Butterflies

This was another fun prompt to do.  Well, if I'm honest, it was fun on my second page........haha.  I don't know what happened the first time I tried drawing butterflies, but they looked like anything but butterflies!  If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.  And as my dear departed mum used to say....I am definitely trying!  Haha

I won't say that I am happy with each one of these, but I am happy with the page as a whole .  The background is orange pastel pencil, fixed with cheap hairspray.

The next prompt will be even more fun to do ~ Rubbings!  I hope the weather is kind enough tomorrow for me to rummage around the garden and on my walk, so that I can collect items to use.  Have you ever done nature rubbings?

Until next time...........
.....thanks for popping by to say 'Hi' *hugs*

Sketch into Spring #7 Go buggy

I did it! Phew!  I'll be honest here, I nearly skipped this one.  I'm really glad I didn't but I do wish I wouldn't keep making things hard for myself!  I tried drawing from memory ~ very bad idea!  I tried drawing from images in a book ~ another bad idea; waay too many shady bits and sketchy lines = frustration.  In the end I made the sensible decision to google, easy to draw insects.  Et voila!  Simple enough for me and I enjoyed myself............WooHooo! ((high fives self)) :D

First I sketched my bugs in pencil, went over them with a fineliner then erased the pencil.  I coloured in with my watercolour pencils and aqua brush and then did the background with a pastel pencil.  I went over the bee and dragonfly wings with my clear Wink of Stella brush. Love!  And finally I sprayed over it all lightly with a cheap hairspray so that I don't smudge the pastel by accident.

The next prompt is thumb print birds ~ here are some very cute examples :D  Now surely even I can do that?  Oh dear, I do hope I haven't just jinxed myself *yikes!*  lol ;)

I've a long way to go with this class yet, and the new one Online Card Class starts today; oh my. Wish me luck with keeping up won't you?

What are you working on just now? Do tell.......;)

But, until next time..........
............stay well, and thanks for popping by to say 'Hi' *hugs*