If you haven't noticed, these days, rather than embarking on long-term projects like my previous DIY, I've been instead trying to find how I can incorporate art in the simple everyday activities I end up doing. This is partly because I've actually gotten quite more busy during the day while still holding myself to the 1 post per day. (A challenge is a challenge!)

For instance, yesterday I was watching the Golden Globes and decided to sketch the gowns. Today, similarly, I also drew from a screen again--a computer screen, though. I was video-chat-streaming an episode of Sherlock (which should continue to stream until Jan 25 I believe!) with a couple of friends -- which is a funny story actually. Somehow I missed out on some friend telepathy going on, and upon receiving utterly confusing texts at the time of our scheduled meeting, I realized the two of them were in Boston at one of their apartments, expecting me to join them, when all along I thought we would just be streaming the episode online at the same time. That is, because I am a few states (mentally and physically) away. (It's a long story. I hope I captured it more or less.)

Anyways, here are sketches of Watson at the dining table and Sherlock in his study during the episode -- which I screen-shotted and sketched while watching (I'm not THAT fast).

Watching the Golden Globes tonight, I decided to sketch some gowns instead of merely shouting at the screen "YEAHHH", "EWWW", "I want to wear THAT!" etc.

Here's a few that, although weren't necessarily my favorites, were fun textures/forms to sketch. Fun Fact: Dream Career #1 in my life was fashion designer! lol.

Continuing with the theme of hands I guess... here's a sketch I made. Tbh, hands are a great go-to subject to practice drawing skills, while almost always looking really artsy. I drew these based on a photograph of my own hands. Hey, there's a nice DIY art project!


And here are closeups, of course, because I like them. :)

So I intended to vary the medium in my posts day by day and was planning on posting something music related today, but I spent the day in the city with my sister and ended up doing a few sketches in my down time...so here's some more art. Perhaps music will come tomorrow.

Speed Sketching

I've always wanted to work on sketching fast and doing it well. When I draw with a time limit (usually something like 5-10 min), I tend to get caught up in the details and can't manage to capture the scene before I have to leave. Still trying to get over this habit. For instance, this is my sister Joy at dunkin donuts - I didn't even get the chair she was sitting on before we had to leave to catch our ride.