My March Art Challenge Result 🎨 Real-time Sketchbook Video (Patreon)

Hello everyone,

I've just finished the challenge for this month's Creative Illustration Curriculum, and you can join me for my quiet, real-time art process in the video above 💖 Beautiful Bluebells will be getting a voice-overed version next week where I talk about my process as I go.

I enjoyed drawing this one! I just did a sketch because the main focus for this month is drawing complex objects with basic shapes, so it didn't feel necessary to do a full colour version.

I found a photo reference that I like on my phone, but one that I wouldn't usually draw because it's more complex that my usual scenes. Then I tried to break it down into its most basic shapes to form the base of my sketch.

It helped so much to have those basic shapes as a foundation!

I took a bit of creative liberty and removed a couple of the cows to adjust the composition a bit - always feel free when you're using a reference to simplify it and leave parts out.

So here are the basic shapes I drew based on looking at my reference - I've drawn it digitally here to make it easier to see:

This challenge has given me confidence to try more complex scenes, which feel more achievable now if I take the extra time in the beginning to block out the basic shapes first!

What do you think you'll draw this month?

💖 Mimi

PS. I made a small tutorial about how to draw common things with basic shapes, in case you missed it ✨