Rough Work

Picture of the cattle skull

My sketch of a cattle skull

Well, I just got back from drawing class…that was a tough ordeal.

I think I can draw alright if I’m left to my own devices, if someone said “Hey I have a skull here for reference…draw a skull” I’d have no problem with that.

Where it all seems to crash and burn for me is when someone says “Draw this skull exactly as you see it! Don’t screw up!”

Today in drawing class we drew cattle skulls, or rather the same cattle skull over and over again. We did a bunch of blind contour drawings some one minute sketches, three minute sketches and finished with two 25 minute sketches. The above is a picture of the skull and my first 25 minute drawing…

I’ve been working on some more finished pieces with my wacom, but I don’t have anything to show for it yet…hopefully by the end of this weekend.

Edit: I definately took the picture from a lower angle than I was drawing from…next time I’ll have to match it up better. It looks like I was even more off than I was.