the finishing line

sketching without guidelines, and on the computer.

as much as i would like to sew and sketch everyday, sometimes, the schedule does not agree with the will of my earnest heart.(yes, i did call myself earnest. hope you have no problem with that.) it's been a week since the last time i even looked at the sketch book. nooo! well, anyway, i changed up my training plan today. this time, i promised myself not to let the guidelines direct me where my pencil goes like last week. at first,i was much nervous looking at the blank-white-nothing. i felt like a lost child, desperately looking for her parents. after good minutes of staring　at the white blank, i helplessly started my first line... a head, shoulders, waist, hip..... finally the toes, the finishing line! I have not felt so accomplished for a long time. it actually made me feel good enough to move on to another project. i decided to draw the figure on the computer, and even put some clothes on her! doesn't she look warmer? Her skirt is inspired by this dirty lanterns hanging from my neighbor's window. its picture stuck in my brain for whatever the reason, they looked so sad and tired, but in a way, pretty. this is my first girl with colored clothes for you.