This was a very fun page to complete in my art prompt book Scribble Sketch Draw It book 1.
I'm still learning to relax in my drawing, not to be so tight with the pencil when sketching. It's easy to get tense in the arm and shoulder , the one I'm using to draw with. I have to consciously remember to loosen up the grip on the pencil, same for the other art materials I use. If you find that you maybe doing the same thing, be sure to put your tools down and do a good hand, neck, and or arm stretch. Relax those shoulders. I know it takes concentration and focus to pump out great, good, and even mediocre artwork, I mean it is called "artWORK" for that reason. Being mindful of how and where you carry tension in your body will only help you to prevent burn out.
Even though I'm the one who created all the art prompts and put all the numbers into the box to draw from, I still get very excited wondering what it is I will be challenged with. Coming up with fun, non repeating ideas for drawing, enough for each day of the year is not an easy task. I actually did repeat some ideas and had to go back and correct them. But even worse than that, the program I used had duplicated several pages, I don't know how I accidently did that, but I had to painstakingly go back and check and recheck I had no repeats. So if you find any let me know please. I will correct them promptly!
Enough of that, Drawing a pirate really is fun! I knew immediately I wanted a fancy hat with a big feather hanging off the side, I wanted fancy buckles on his shoes but chickened out on doing the details. No question my pirate was going to have an eye patch and thick busy hair!
Yep! There had to be a parrot too! I am definitely drawing more parrots and pirates in the future!
