Drawing Lab by Carla Sonheim Lab #11

This is me and Ben at a party a couple of Christmases ago. I don't look like me but I think Ben looks like Ben although his hair is way too big!

Drawing Lab by Carla Sonheim: #10 At the Coffee Shop.

I really enjoyed this one, the first drawing is my favourite. :)

Illustration Friday 'Asleep'

Drawing Lab by Carla Sonheim #6 Index card multiples.

I really enjoyed this one, I loved drawing really fast with out worrying about the end result.
Here's my original dog sketch:

Illustration Friday 'Lesson'

Here's Ben having a double bass lesson! He's getting pretty good at it now. :)

Take a look at this week's entries at illustrationfriday.com!

Drawing Lab by Carla Sonheim #3

#3 My Pet Project.

Quick studies of the little cats, Poppet and Leroy at my parents house. 

 I like the paws. Cute little pads.

Poppet and Leroy are getting pretty old now, they don't chase around any more. Neither of them kept still for very long though, even when they looked like they were sleeping.

Drawing Lab by Carla Sonheim

#2 Blind Contour Giraffes.


Today's exercise only took a few minutes but I feel like I've learned a lot about giraffes! I think I'll do this every time I try to draw something I've not drawn before.

You really do notice things you hadn't before. I didn't know about those wrinkly bits on their chests for one thing.
Holly.

Drawing Lab by Carla Sonheim - Thursday Spot.

I contacted Carla Sonheim this week to see if she minded me blogging about my progress through her book, also if there was anyone else out there doing the same thing. She replied today, yay! She said that she didn't mind at all and that a while ago she'd set up a group on Flickr where people could share their drawings! :) Great!

Here's the group

Her book is really good fun, 52 drawing exercises that take the pressure off the end product, sometimes I really need something to get me drawing, to take away the fear of going wrong or doing a 'bad' drawing. I'll be working my way through and showing the results here on a Thursday.

So here's the first one!

#1 Drawing Cats in Bed.

My initial drawings:

Illustration Friday 'Bottled'

Here's this week's illustrationfriday.com entry:
I couldn't decide which to use so I'm using them all. :)

Check out the other entries, there are some great ones this week!

Illustration Friday 'Duet'

I sketched of a couple of warbling kitties for the theme 'duet'. :)

Illustration Friday 'Toy'

This week's word is 'Toy'

Check out the entries at www.illustrationfriday.com. :)

Introducing The Blog Frog

Ooh, first post nerves. :)
Introducing The Blog Frog. My amphibious friend.

He'll be here every day, hanging out on the Holloughby sign, keeping a googly eye on things! There's something friendly about frogs, it must be memories of Kermit and Robin from the Muppets. :)