Daily Drawing No. 5
“A Ferocity of Being”
Digital Drawing in Procreate
Not even a week into this 365 project, and I can already tell it’s going to be quite the adventure.
I’m working gradually toward a more expressive, surrealist style — which is helpful considering that my reference photo for this drawing was a little girl with curly red hair and freckles. Clearly, a likeness wasn’t meant to be achieved this go around.
What resulted instead was a rather androgynous looking person with a fierce and mysterious expression. I felt a bit like Napoleon Dynamite toward the end (“It took me like three hours to finish the shading on your upper lip.”).
Indeed, their upper lip gave me fits. So… next time, I’ll choose a reference with more emphasis on that area of the face. I’m determined to overcome these creative challenges in the year ahead.