Debbie Lou Art

Elephant #2

I used the previous drawing of the elephant head that I drew on my iPad as a preparatory drawing for this piece of work. I wanted to do a full composition of an elephant and complete it in colour and whilst I completed the drawing, I decided to take photos of the stages of completionContinue reading “Elephant #2”

Elephant #1

I decided to have another go at drawing on my iPad using the Linea Sketch app, and this time, I decided to draw an elephant. I thought I would try and draw just the head, and if it turned out ok, I could use this as a practice run for drawing the whole elephant. ThisContinue reading “Elephant #1”

Self-portrait

I used to love drawing portraits when I was younger and I was always drawing portraits of my favourite popstars when I was a teenager. Now that I have got back into drawing, I decided that I would have another attempt at a portrait, but as it was my first time after so many yearsContinue reading “Self-portrait”

Realism

My paper stumps came through the post and I immediately wanted to try them out, mainly to see whether they made much of a difference to blending than using my finger. I decided that I wanted to draw an eye and after taking various photos of my own eye, found a suitable photo to useContinue reading “Realism”

Digital Drawing in Colour

On the back of the success of my first drawing on my iPad, I thought I would attempt to draw an animal, but this time, complete it in colour to see what colours and shades were available to me. After looking through different pictures, I decided to draw a cow; the following is the finishedContinue reading “Digital Drawing in Colour”

Digital Drawing

I decided to invest in an Apple Pencil for my iPad as I wanted to have a go at digital drawing. Having carried out extensive research to decide which app I wanted to use, it came down to two: Procreate and Linea Sketch. Both apps would be suitable to my needs, but I opted forContinue reading “Digital Drawing”

Drawing Animals

I am such a huge animal lover, and my favourite is the pig. Pigs are one of the most intelligent animals after chimps, dolphins and elephants; they’re more intelligent than dogs. They’re quick at learning new tasks, as well as being a very social animal and they have excellent long-term memories. Newborn piglets can recogniseContinue reading “Drawing Animals”

Spiderman

After feeling happy and confident from my last piece of work, I decided that it was time to tackle something more challenging. I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do, or what the subject matter should be. In the end, I decided on Spiderman as he was one of my favourite characters when I wasContinue reading “Spiderman”

Back to Basics

After the last piece of work, and how dark the final picture came out, I thought I would go back to basics and sketch a single object to practice my shading skills: I placed an apple on a table and started by drawing a rough circle before adding in all the other details of theContinue reading “Back to Basics”

Lotus Flower

The second piece of art I completed was of a lotus flower. Flowers were not something that I’d been interested in drawing before, but decided to give it a go so that I could have a bit of practice, as I am early into my journey of my amateur art career. This is the endContinue reading “Lotus Flower”