Sketchbook

One of our assignments for drawing class it to keep a sketchbook/journal.  I was very excited about this at first because I love to do art journaling and I thought "hey this is right up my alley."  Over the course of the semester though I have been feeling like I don't draw enough for drawing class and that my teacher was going to get onto me.  So, Here are some pages I did recently...a typical, my style page:

It says " this sketchbook/journal project makes me feel pressure to change my style.  I just want to art journal like normal."

A mandala because we are going to be doing a mandala project at the VA Hospital in a few weeks:

And for more drawings I tried, for the first time, blind contour drawing!  Here was my first one:

My hand and sleeve.... and then I drew my gun:

I like blind contour because there is no pressure to make it look realistic because your not even looking at the paper!  So, I think I will try it some more.  Whats funny is that I've noticed in class that I always start a drawing larger than I end up finishing it - over time it gets smaller... same thing happened during the blind contour drawings.

Anyways, my teacher took our sketchbooks up the other day to grade them and I was pleasantly surprised!  He called me up there to talk to me and said he liked that I was experimenting with a lot of different things.  So, now I don't feel the pressure to change - I will just keep on going like I have been!!

Today I am headed back to Victory Junction for another weekend!  I will tell you all about it on Monday.  Have a great weekend!!