Sketchbook Saturday

Since I am going in chronological order through my scanned images, this one is another from 1989.  One thing about me since I am biracial and raised by my white mother and stepfather, I had a tendency to want to draw things that were particularly "ethnic" and this is one of those.  It is my attempt to be very clear that the girl I am drawing from my imagination is Black without making her face super dark.  I liked the challenge of being specific with the features while trying not to go overboard in any stereotype.

Sketchbook Saturday

I drew this from a photo of myself that my mom took back in 1989.  It was a snap shot that I submitted to an international model search contest.  I made it to the regional semi finals. I think the region was Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas but I only remember one person from Texas and the rest were from Tucson (where I lived at the time).  There may have been some girls from New Mexico and other parts of Arizona but it seemed like most of them were local.

Sketchbook Saturday

I was constantly trying to challenge myself in one way or another when I did sketches. This one from 1989 is multiple. I was working on getting the hair and the hands.  I was also practicing my face and expressions, specifically here the smile.

Sketchbook Saturday

This pencil sketch is labeled 1989 in my files.  Sometimes I would try to draw cartoon style instead of artistic or realistic. Although some would argue that cartoons are an art form! :-)