Witch's Hobby

Last month, I posted a sketch at my group blog here. This was for Illustration Friday's "propagate." Here is the painting. Witch is taking care of her Venus Flytraps. It's the kind of thing she does.

IF - Infinite

The rainy weather, as well as her wait for the bus, seemed infinite.

Character Study - Day 7

Here are my final sketches. It's the last day of the challenge. Oh my. Now what?

Character Study - Day 6 - Welcome

Ink has to be the most unforgiving medium. Once a mark is down, that's it. Oh well. For this piece, I just kept working with whatever mark I made whether it was accidental or not.

I was inspired today by Kathy Weller's post where she talks about training herself to "work WITH [her] mistakes." This week she is drawing very directly and spontaneously with Sharpies, having no preliminary pencil drawings. Some lovely stuff resulted.

Another artist who addresses this is James Surls. At a Decordova Museum lecture, he said that he doesn't consider any marks that he puts on paper "mistakes" or "accidents." Whatever he puts down on paper is valid. For him, there is no erasing.

This is another call to banish that inner critic. Maybe it's not the medium that needs to be forgiving.

Character Study - Day 5

I did say in an earlier post that she worked as a chef.

Character Study - Day 4

A quick sketch. Witch is searching for some new recipes.

Character Study - Day 3

I thought I would draw the witch sleeping. I drew the top image first, then I realized she might sleep in a coffin.

Character Study - Day 2: Strong

She couldn't deal with airport security and
hoped her broom would be strong enough.

Here is my submission for Illustration Friday. The word to illustrate this week was "strong."

A few people have decided to join in the new challenge to draw the same character for seven days. If you are interested in participating check it out here.

Character Study - Day 1

The witch is back. What a haunt! She appeared here and here, but I had to figure out what she looked like with her eyes open and without her hat.

You can read about this challenge on my previous post. Join me if you dare!