Illustration Friday: Beginner and Lesson

Beginner (this weeks topic)

Lesson (last weeks topic) click to see larger

Last week turned out to be a pretty hectic week so I didn't make it to the deadline but got it finished by Saturday so got pretty close! Two very different styles. 'Lesson' reflects the hundreds of life drawing classes I've done over the years. Art rooms always have a chaotic and often eccentric feel to them which I wanted to capture in this cartoon. Aside from the chaos, life drawing lessons tend to be really quiet as everyone is so intent on what they're doing and in their own little worlds so much that there's rarely time to chat.

'Beginner' looks at the intent focus and effort babies go through when they're first starting to explore the world and put two and two together. Everything is new to them so they're a beginner at every little action they fulfill. The look of concentration just to stack some cups is the same you'd see on a concert pianist. I like the simplicity of just sketching with a mechanical pencil for this one with no bells and whistles.