Creative Sunday: reproducing the picture on my jotter

Hi everyone, it's another creative Sunday in hivelearners community. Today was kind of hectic for me but I decided I need to make a post to help me keep to the strategies for my hive goals, I have been laxing with my hive goals lately.

For today's creative Sunday, I decided to practice sketching. When I was in secondary school and we had to draw in biology. My biology teacher is a strict man. Every week he gives us the list of things to draw, and failure to do so means you have no test score. I found it hard to draw and beg my classmates to help me draw, but everybody was busy with their drawing, so I had to start learning, I mean those test score was very important. My elder sister studied biology at the university, and she was the one that gave me some points on how to draw, what to do and what not to do. In the beginning, it was hard for me but gradually I was able to improve my drawing skills.

Today I try to replicate one of the pictures on a jotter, to see how well I can still draw given the fact that it has been a while since I drew anything.

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Materials

• pencil
• eraser
• drawing paper
• jotter
• blade

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process

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The first thing I started with was the cap, I find it easier to start the drawing from there.

Then I sketch out the shape of his face, I got this on one attempt but the ears though I had to redo that

Then I added his glasses, I did this part twice. The glasses do look good on him

The next was the shape of his eyes, I paid attention to all the details when I was drawing this part. I redraw like three or four times

Then the nose, this part was the hardest. I find it difficult to draw a perfect nose, I did my best though. I need more lessons on how to draw a nose

Then I proceed to the lips and the teeth, I think my work on the lips was ok.

Then I drew his cloth and the shape of the embroidery design on the front

Then I made the embroidery design itself.

And this is my final art sketch

I do enjoy myself replicating the picture on the jotter, I admit that it is not an exact replica but I am proud that I was able to reproduce it to some extent. I had no colours at home and it is impossible to get some in my neighbourhood. I would have loved to add colours to see how the drawing look with colours.

To every artist out there, kudos to you most especially the drawing of the nose part, I find it so difficult. I do hope to draw more in the future, Maybe I would be able to do a portrait for someone, I hope I get to that stage. Overall, drawing demand attention and brings out the creativity in you.

what do you think of my drawing?

Thank you for reading my post, all pictures belong to me and was taken with my phone