Saturday Art: Improvement

Here's last week's effort:




Here's the improvement:



I realized I wasn't interested in the shadows on the ground as much as I was interested in the pose. This was my first try at simplifying it. I used markers and a little colored pencil but it still looked blah, with no depth.

Then I got out the pen and ink and did two versions... this one being the better one:



The lines are more interesting here because of the varying widths, but some areas still look flat. I don't really know how to control the ink flow. Half of the time I drew a line and nothing came out. I don't know if I bent the nibs (ugh, I hate that word!) or my ink is old and too thick, or I just can't use them. I really suspect it's ignorance that is the problem. You're probably going to see this drawing again next week, perhaps with color, once I get the hang of it.