It’s been 9 years since I blogged…

 My last blog post was in August of 2012. 

2012!

Honestly, I was surprised as hell to come across my blog. Kinda expected it to be gone, kwim?

Anyway, as expected over the course of 9 years, things change. I pretty much gave up scrapbooking and card making right around the same time as this blog. I abandoned my foray into mixed media, too.  But, in the process of relocating and downsizing my craft room, I rediscovered all the fun toys I used to use and it piqued my interest again.

Sooo…I don’t expect this blog to be on anyone’s radar anymore, but I feel like I need a place to post my newly reclaimed artistic journey, if only just for me. 

One thing I decided to do was to learn how to draw faces. I came across a mind blowing online art teacher, Karen Campbell of AwesomeArtSchool.com and began following her tutorials on how to draw faces. 

This is from a lesson on how to draw a braid, with the added bonus of being a 3/4 face. 

I’m mostly happy with it. Right now my biggest obstacles to overcome are making my girls’ jawlines less masculine, and I just can’t seem to scale down the eyes to human sized instead of fantastical anime sex kitten sized. 😂 

I used Derwent soft graphite pencils (H, 2B, & 3B) in a Strathmore sketch pad, with a generous assist from variously sized erasers. There were a few last minute touches with a black Stabilo All pencil and a Posca white marker. 

So, anyway, yeah. 

If for some reason you happen to land here, say hi!

Thanks for listening!!

💚heidi