Drawing Challenges; Drawing Anything.

I've started doing Illustration Friday which I always had planned to do - but never really got around to it because I just assumed my illustrations weren't up to scratch. This comes from following some flipping talented people on Twitter.

However, last week I had a word with myself and said "Get on with it, wuss.". I didn't get the image in on time even though it was ready because I was faffing, but the first step was that I actually got the image out of my head and on to the paper.

A brief rundown for those too lazy to click the link: Illustration Friday issues a word on Friday each week, then people submit images that they have created (in any media) that they feel represents that word.

I've done two which I shall post here for you (um, you're welcome!) and am all done until next Friday's word.

Prepare

From the age of 5 until I was about 16 I was off to ballet every Wednesday taught by Miss Anne who sported fabulous "BinLiner" dance trousers and give or take a perm now and then pretty much looked the same over the decade that I knew her. I saw her recently at the Mall in Cribbs and she looked a teeny weeny bit older but more effortlessly glam than ever.

Anyway, as a little Barrelina you have things drummed into you - good toes bad toes, the sandcastle dance, and the terms. It's been 13 years since I attended a ballet class and still the first thing that popped into my head when I read "Prepare" was to stand with arms in "Bras bas" which means to prepare the arms before first position.

Twirl

Had I not used my little barrelina for the previous word, this one would have been a pirouette from her; in a way, I'm glad that I had because it made sit and think for a few minutes, then I caught sight of my reflection in the Mac screen and the answer presented itself. the only difference I added was to make her a pre-teen with a diary of angsty thoughts of love.

So this keeps me out of trouble for a few minutes each week and makes me think a bit more about hopping outside of my immediate comfort zone; but what of the rest of the time? I stumbled across the "100 things to draw challenge" on teh internets so this is my new project...

1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can’t
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

I'm going to try and do them in order, then I'm going to realise I don't want to and will try and just do them!