Wow, I almost missed day one. I'm pretty lame. Maybe I can't pull this off. I did get it in though. So, here's drawing number 1: buddha. It's not an original representation. Rather than coming up with my own idea of what I think the great buddha should look like, I searched the Internet for ideas. I won't always use other people's work to mimic.Unfortunately, I had to start, stop, start, stop, continue, finish while doing this one. I usually prefer to start-finish. There's something very Zen about drawing. I find it to be very meditative.
This isn't really an exercise in becoming a better artist (although I do hope that it does make me into one), it's really an exercise in establishing good habits of using the brain.
I'm not sure if I'm happy with buddha. I mean, I like buddha, but I'm not sure if I am happy with this drawing. The scanner didn't do the shading justice and I didn't have the right tools. I used a #2 pencil rather than my drawing pencils, my finger for shading and a piece of printer paper rather than my sketchbook. It'll be interesting to see if drawings do come out better with better tools. Somehow, I really doubt it. Great artists can make masterpieces with crappy crayons. I've seen it done.
