EDM Challenge#41 - Draw a landmark of your City

Downtown Jacksonville. The Mainstreet Bridge and the Modis Building.
We all went down to the Riverwalk this evening. I took my sketchbook and Emory brought his camera. We walked down to the statue and the kids played around while Emory took pictures and I drew this picture. It is still outside my comfort zone for me to draw from reality and to draw outside in public, but I am glad I am pushing myself. It started out really bad and I almost gave up on it, but I kept working it and I think it turned out OK. It has a kind of cartoonish look to it. I like it.

EDM Challenge #36 - Draw out in Public

I have been pretty shy about drawing out in public, but then I realized if I dont get over that I will miss out on a lot of opportunities for sketching. So last Sunday I took the kids to Wendy's for lunch and as they were eating their Frosty's I drew the remains of my lunch. I added most of the color when I got home.

EDM Challenge #1 Shoe

I was out of town last night sitting in my hotel room looking for something to draw. Then I remembered I had my Challenges list from the EDM forum and started with #1: Draw a Shoe. The book it is sitting on is Sarks Succulent Wild Woman, which I am reading now. After reading The Creative License I noticed there are quite a few other books written and illustrated by hand.. But for some reason they are all in the Self Help section at Barnes & Noble.. I would have never thought to look there......