Smudgies

As I've mentioned, I am taking a year-long class, "Y is for Yellow" from Carla Sonheim. 

In one of the class exercises we had to make a smudge mark with an animal in mind.  Next step, using as few lines as possible, define the animal.  I enjoyed this lesson; it is a challenge to use as few elements as possible to capture a figure or object.

These are my smudgies:

Aardvark

Caracal

Hippo

Wildebeest

Wild Pig

All of them were drawn using pastels and ink.  They are a lot of fun to do :-)

From my art journal, I dreamt of flowers...and "Y is for Yellow"

A freshly brewed cup of coffee, my large art journal and some selected pens - what a great way to start the day :-)

Creating a journal page every day is a wonderful and productive ritual, too.   From the Draw section today:

Ink, gel pens, Copic markers

I'm also at the start of another year-long class ("Y is for Yellow", creatively taught by Carla Sonheim) ready to complete the assignment for lesson 1.  I was thinking and doodling and this name stack appeared:

Ink and gel pens

I had to choose five animals for the lesson and these are mine.