My first landscape!

I haven't done any EDM Challenges for a bit, but I have been drawing and painting. Here's a little landscape I did - my first! It was a stormy sunset at the beach -- breezy and gorgeous -- and the little guy had a ball running around in the wind! I have been more interested in drawing people than scenery lately, so this is a nice combination. I do want to be better at landscapes, though. I feel like I don't know where to begin. There are so many tutorials online -- I'll start looking through those for tips, I guess, and then just start practicing.  I saw a blog yesterday where people paint scenes from Google street view. Some of the scenes they find are quite beautiful and interesting! If you're looking for a reason to do landscapes, you should try doing a painting and sending it in! I might have the guts to at some point....

Scary!

EDM Challenge #70  Draw what you're afraid of.  This is a brown recluse spider. Spiders are useful creatures, I know this. They keep other insect populations in check, they tend to keep to themselves, they spin incredible, beautiful webs--all good things. But still, they give me the heebie-jeebies. As I wrote on the drawing, we recently moved from Chicago to Florida, where spiders, snakes, and other creepy crawlies live year round. Now I imagine them popping out from every crevice! When I have recurring scary dreams, they tend to involve spiders or driving. Honestly, I'm much more afraid of scarier, more sobering things, but I draw for fun, mostly - so here's a spider!

This is the second drawing I've done since we've moved. I went to do a watercolor yesterday and couldn't find my brushes, so I grabbed the pens instead. It's been fun! Yesterday I did a portrait for the Julia Kay Portrait Party - someone's childhood photo. I've posted that here, too.

I do need to find those brushes, though....