Hello Creative people,
Welcome to 365 Draw A Day Drawing Challenge. A drawing challenge that aims to enjoin participants to create on a regular basis and thus help improve their skills. Today, my drawing is
Time To Revive The Balcony Garden
The herbs from the previous season are now wilted and gone. So, this busy and nimble grey fox bought some seeds in the store below to start a new batch. There were parsley, celery and basil to start. A few pots would be enough to make the gloomy balcony come to life again. Undecided which seeds to buy, the grey fox read the packet labels carefully making sure that he knows what he can and can not do with them. Took a while though to make a decision. . .but he was happy finally. Up in his head he can imagine the life that will spring fort in his pale white balcony.
Some process photos to show how I made my drawing
I started with the head. If you notice I have a reference drawing on the left which is the very first drawing I made for this draw a day challenge for consistency. It is a grey fox character. So far the silhouette is looking good.
I was thinking about gardening as my theme today for this drawing. I had to show that as early as this stage of the drawing so I can better position my character as to what it will be doing. Like watering some plants or repotting some herbs. These are my initial thoughts while I was doodling. The sweater has to show some movements to support the ideas I mentioned. Same thing with the pants.
I am still finalizing whether it will be about watering or planting some seeds so while waiting I decided to add supporting details like this green scarf. I had to put the parts of it piece by piece as I will be changing the shades of the color green later.
Still deciding on the main theme, I added these bright yellow gloves on the fox character. The shape and position and angle of which are kind of tricky to make.
I decided it will be planting seeds on a pot and now that is final, I can now move on the finishing touches like adding light, shadow and texture.
This challenge as you can tell requires a ton of commitment as it literally involves creating one drawing for a whole year. Never fret if you miss a day or two just try to catch up or start on a day that you can. What matters most is you have fun with no pressure creating.
If you want to participate in this challenge here are some guidelines:
- You may use the drawing prompt provided on a given day or make your own
- As an alternative, you may recreate the drawing I posted on a given day like a DTIYS challenge if you wish
- Add the countdown on your title like 00/365 if you desire
- Use the hashtag: drawaday
- Make your post or cross post on the Draw A Day Community
Draw A Day Community is the place where you can showcase your drawings for everyone to appreciate. There are several challenges that you can participate in or start your own like :
- 5 Days Of Drawing
- Pinky And Spiky Drawing Challenge
- Doodle Magic Drawing Challenge
There are other challenges available hosted by the members and if you want to start your own challenge here please do so.
Have fun creating.
