Grid Technique drawings

I have been following an artist on Ustream Dede Willingham and she has taught me to draw using the grid technique. Basically you draw a grid on a transparency and also on your surface. Then place your photo behind the transparency and use the grid to get small portions of your photo and copy those lines to the grid on the your working surface.

I used my grandson from a photo. He is just so cute and I thought his mad face was more interesting to draw.


I colored him in with Prismacolor and Lyra colored pencils. Not too bad for a beginner huh!
I am having so much fun!

In His Hands,
QP

29 Faces Day 1

I saw on APG Jaime’s blog that the 29 Faces challenge is on again for September 2014!
I have seen this many times but never in time to participate! So since I am still enjoying the holiday I decided to jump in. I know I’m a day late I don’t care. I did a video to go with her and here she is. I added some details after the camera stopped. I think this challenge will help me with my goal of learning to draw in 2014.