Gouache painting of a geisha dancing with a fan in her hand.

Art: Drawvember2020

Last year I did six series of 5 drawings on a given theme or technique and I really liked it, but this year I compiled a list of prompts, and chose any medium or technique I liked:

  • Dragon
  • Robot
  • Fur
  • Cherub
  • Carnival
  • Prey
  • Pyramid
  • Crane
  • Diving
  • Pounce
  • Buccaneer
  • Altitude
  • Shipwreck
  • Zebra
  • Drums
  • Cougar
  • Boat
  • Planet
  • Sullen
  • Jellyfish
  • Monkey
  • Angel
  • Vanquish
  • Depth
  • Villain
  • Lipstick
  • Cliff
  • Pure
  • Elf
  • Tower

All my drawings in one place

Indigo ink drawing with grey ink shadow of a dragon with big eyes
Day 1 – Dragon
Grey and black ink drawing of a robot in the position of the Rodin sculpture The Thinker
Day 2 – Robot
Pencil drawing of a fluffy cat
Day 3 – Fur
Grey ink drawing of a child angel
Day 4 – Cherub
Black, grey and red ink drawing of two costumed characters wearing white face masks and red headdresses in the foreground and a gondola and church from Venice in the background.
Day 5 – Carnival
Black ink drawing of a lioness feasting on the neck of a zebra
Day 6 – Prey
Coloured pencil drawing of three pyramids at sunset
Day 7 – Pyramic
Black, grey and red ink drawing of a Japanese crane
Day 8 – Crane
Grey ink drawing of a bird diving down a cliff toward water that seems to be quite far below
Day 9 – Diving
Grey and black ink drawing of a cat with very dilated pupils, ready to pounce.
Day 10 – Pounce
Pencil drawing of a fierce-looking woman pirate aiming a pistol and carrying a sword in the other hand.
Day 11 – Bucaneer
Black and grey ink drawing of the Brooklyn Bridge under construction with silhouettes of men walking on top of a high cable. The city is suggested in the background as grey shapes of buildings.
Day 12 – Altitude
Black ink drawing of a tentacle emerging from water, at the end of which is the remnant of a pirate ship flag and broken pole.
Day 13 – Shipwreck
Dark black shiny rectangle with fuzzy border on which I drew a zebra in white ink
Day 14 – Zebra
Black and grey ink drawing of a Japanese man playing kodo, a really big drum, with two thick round sticks. He looks very happy.
Day 15 – Drums
Gouache painting of a cougar walking on snow
Day 16 – Cougar
Gouache painting of a cruise ship at night
Day 17 – Boat
Ink drawing of a man mounting an oversized pelican flying over a forest in a canyon, under a giant Jupiter.
Day 18 – Planet
Grey ink drawing of a woman in kimono sitting and holding a fan.
Day 19 – Sullen
Metallic paint depicting a large jelly fish against a black square
Day 20 – Jellyfish
Gouache painting of a monkey dangling from a branch, against a floral background
Day 21 – Monkey
Black ink drawing of a life-size angel with black tears that pour out of his eyes and drain down his neck, which appeared over time as an effect of aging bronze. His hands are resting on a post or sword in front of him between his thighs.
Day 22 – Angel
Gouache painting of an Aston Martin Vanquish speeding in a curve
Day 23 – Vanquish
Black ink drawing of a roof-topping view with perspective on the roofs of other buildings, the streets below, and the body, legs and feet of the person viewing this
Day 24 – Depth
Black grey and blue ink and gouache painting of the joker holding the Batman playing card in front of his face.
Day 25 – Villain
Black and red ink drawing of a woman in a cocktail dress
Day 26 – Lipstick
Gouache painting of white cliffs by the sea
Day 27 – Cliff
Gouache painting of a geisha dancing with a fan in her hand.
Day 28 – Pure
Pencil drawing of the face of Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
Day 29 – Elf
Alcohol markers drawing on tracing paper of Carl’s house from the movie “Up”, surrounded by towering buildings.
Day 30 – Tower

Conclusion

I loved it! I discovered in the process that I don’t really like coloured pencils, but that I absolutely love gouache painting!

I think I have improved over the years. Notably, for “sullen” I redid a drawing of “Woman Sitting on Edge of Veranda” by Utamaro Kitagawa. Four years apart, and this time the lines were crisper and there was simply more details.

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