Marker Training

This past weekend, as I rummaged through my old stuff I found this really old sketchbook. And when I say old, I mean it; the said sketchbook is one I remember purchasing for- I kid you not, my fourth/fifth grade of elementary school. I’m not that surprised because it was a standard item among the list of school supplies, however, I barely ever used it. My school sometimes asked for things the students barely ended touching thorough the school year.

This probably explains why I also found watercolor pencils, and a few water-based markers along the sketchbook. I’ve been always been careful with my stuff, so they're in pretty decent state- uh, minus a few teeth marks in the markers… because of reasons.

Funnily enough, a few days ago I had decided to turn to marker painting, if anything to keep going on with my art as my computer is still unavailable. So last Friday I ordered alcohol-based markers, a sketchbook and watercolor pencils from amazon that should be arriving in one week or so.

I can’t stand for good things going to waste, especially given my country situation, so I decided I’d use the sketchbook and water markers to practice and familiarize with it, and once I’m done with it I’ll be switching to my newly purchased materials –shrugs-.

Beware, though, as these markers are literally older than any of my younger siblings and had been used beforehand, I’ve already gone through half of the pack and some don’t paint that well or are running out of ink. Hence, the (present and future) drawings made will be very basic.

Here’s my first attempt.

I’m slowly settling for an art style. So far, I’ve decided about the eyes- I made a mistake in this drawing, but the pupil area should be blank; shit happens, I’ll do better in the future.

Not gonna lie, though… that’s probably the only compromise I’ll ever reach. Style is important, but I don’t particularly care. As long as I avoid the same-face syndrome and the drawing looks good to me, I’m good with the results.

I’ll never be famous or establish a brand and that’s fine, I don’t aim for that anyway. I just want to enjoy myself. To me, it’s more important whether or not I like the drawing than the ‘consistency’, a thing I’m unable to have even if I try (my mood and level of tiredness heavily influences on my performance).

Feel free of sharing your thoughts.