More progress

Once again I'm wondering what I've gotten myself into. That seems to be my new theme. This is proving to be a huge challenge for me. I'm starting to get used to the colored pencil, I still think it's the more difficult media that I work in right now. I seem to be challenging myself lately. I just realized that I've never really done a ring before. This angle on the face is a problem and difficult time with the hair (I struggle with hair a lot). So far I like the ring, though I may have put it a little high on the finger, I think I can make it work though. The foreshortening in the finger is driving me crazy and I don't like the left part of the forehead right now. I'm just going to keep working through it though.
I honestly didn't spend that much time working on this tonight, but I did need to step away from it. I was starting to feel like giving up and starting over. Now I feel better about it though. I just need to work on a few things a bit more and it will be fine.

I've been sick

I have been sick so I took a few days off, mostly because I kept falling asleep early on in the night so I just didn't get to work. Surprisingly I'm still on track with my personal deadline. I think if I just buckle down and get to work I may be able to finish before my deadline. I'm going to work tonight and hopefully get some progress posted as well. I want to get the second ring sketched in properly and then get the whole composition finalized.

Little progress

I've actually gone back and done some sketching on this since I took the photo. The second ring needs to be completely redone at this point. Because if I would crop this way the ring should be cut off partially. I do like the sketch for the first ring though. It has a lot of intricate detail which should be fun to do with colored pencil. I'm liking the eye so far, but the hair is bothering me right now. I need to just keep working and keep moving forward.

Little bit of work

I got a little bit of work done tonight. It's not much but I do think it's looking better. I was having a little trouble trying to sketch in the ring. Hopefully that will turn out ok in the end. I'm not sure if the drawing is going to be a large as I originally intended. I suppose that is fine though. I may even have enough paper to cut off a small piece and create a smaller drawing on it.
Also I'm still working through some website host issues. I'm going to be switching hosts, for sure this time. I already signed up with a new one. There is no real big issue, I just found a host that offers less for less. My old host was descent but I wasn't using everything I was paying for. Now I'll be paying a little less and that will definitely help out. I'm still waiting for everything to go through though, so I'm not sure if my site will go down or not.

Small update

I got a little done tonight. Honestly I think it looks really neat right now and I wanted to take a photo so that's why I chose this as a stopping point. I'm really happy with how this is going.I think the eyeball still needs a little more work but I figure as I work on the flesh around the eye I'll go back into that as well.

Also I got all my website issues worked out, just a bit of run around but really no visible changes.
http://jessicamckelvin.com

New Drawing

I've started my new drawing though I'm not quite sure about how I feel about it. Right now I'm not sure if I should start over or just keep going. The eye just feels a bit off to me and it's very important, I think it has mostly to do with the eyelashes and the line of the eyeball/eyelid to the left. I'm really excited about this composition and the level of detail. This concept is inspired by my last drawing. I'm happy with my reference and the media I have chosen, I'm just unsure of my start. I may work on this more tomorrow and see how it goes.

Finished drawing, and new projects

http://jessicamckelvin.com

I've updated my site with this new drawing. I also made a few minor pages to the front page. I have already gotten some excellent feedback on this drawing. One artist that has served as an inspiration to me, suggested I do a series a with this. I've already been thinking about a new drawing and now have two reference photos I'm thinking of working with. I feel that they have been inspired by this but I do wonder if they will be strong enough in relation to be a series. I think either way it would be best to do them in colored pencil. My husband is also encouraging me saying that they will relate enough to be a series and that I should do them in colored pencil.
When I was thinking about this next piece I was earlier debating on my choice of media, and I almost immediately moved away from pencil. Though there is nothing wrong with it and it's where I started out, I just don't like it as much as charcoal and colored pencil anymore. Right now I'm also really enjoying the challenge of colored pencil and vibrant color. I've been seeking to challenge myself with my new work, working larger, seeking things that really challenge me in a composition.
Anyway tomorrow I should be spraying my last piece with fixative so I can clear the board for new work. I think I'll make my deadline March 31, and we'll see if I can stick with that. I'm really trying to focus on building my portfolio this year and I feel my monthly deadline will really help that. Though my goal is for 11 drawings by the end of the year it would be nice to exceed that.