Family Portrait

Here is a step by step of a drawing I did of our family photo. The first is the original photo and the rest are the different stages of the drawing.

I found this really cool pic on the internet and wanted to draw it...here is the pic:

 

Here is the drawing:

Here is one of Morgan's senior pics I drew over vacation.

I finished another drawing! I took pics as I did it to show it step by step. It is a picture my mom took of me at a concert I played in. Here is the first pic...

 This is the final drawing...

 And, lastly, here is the actual photograph I looked at to draw this...

I finished some drawings over the past few weeks. The first one is of a place we camped at on vacation. It was my first time experiencing with drawing scenes from nature so it didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. The lake in the background is Lake Esther up by Grand Marais.

 This second one is of Legolas. I had started this a while before and then decided to finish it....and no, I am not obsessed with him...I don't know why I drew another pic of him. :)

If anyone has any suggestions on who or what to draw next, feel free to comment with them. If you have a specific picture of someone you can email it to me at brennalee121@gmail.com.

Finished!

Well, here is the finished drawing. I guess it turned out ok! :)

State fair and others

This first drawing is of the first one I entered into the Minnesota State Fair. It got honorable mention and is the only one I have gotten an award on. I think I did it in 7th grade. It is of a woolly mammoth.

 This next one is of another drawing I submitted into the fair in 9th grade. It didn't receive a reward.

 These next ones are just some tastes of what I used to get into. :) I don't do any colored pencil drawings anymore, but I do like to draw cartoons once in a while.

 Here is another one that is kind of different from what I normally do. When I first started drawing I drew by looking at a drawing book with pictures of what other people have drawn, which was kind of easier. This is an example of one. Now I like to draw from real pictures. (Sorry about it being sideways!) :)

Fail!!!

Here are some examples of failed drawings. :) The first one is of the marines planting the flag. If you are wondering about the drawn squares all over the page, it is an idea I got from other drawers to help with drawing the correct proportions. I was having trouble getting the layout right and as you can see, finally gave up.

 This next one is another one I gave up on. I couldn't get the shading down. :) It is supposed to be Adrianne Peterson

As I stated in my Intro to Blog, I didn't start out drawing very well. This drawing (or scribbling) is one of my first ones I drew...

Drawing

This first sketch is an unfinished one that I started not too long ago and was too lazy to finish. It is of my sister and I when we were younger and I will probably finish it when I get more time. The purpose of posting this pic is to show how bad my drawings look at first...and even then, I don't know if this one will turn out or not. If it does, I will post the end result. :)

 This is of Legolas from The Lord of the Rings. This is my most recent big project that I actually finished. :D

Doll House

Here are pictures of my dollhouse...the first one is the kitchen

Bathroom...

 Living room

 Girl's bedroom...

Baby's bedroom...

Shed...

 Kitchen again...

 Whole dollhouse...

 Main bedroom...

 Sidewalk and front entryway...

Intro to Blog

Hi all! This is my first blog so I hope you enjoy it. I created it to post some of my projects in drawing and miniature doll housing. I will probably not be posting too much because I don't get around to it and I have school, but I hope to get a few things on.

First I will tell you a bit of back ground about how I became interested in these things. I have been drawing since I was little...and would be embarrassed to show some of the crazy drawings I did then, but when I first made them, I thought they were masterpieces! :) At first I mostly drew animals and thought drawing a person was a near impossible task but now I like to draw people.

As for miniature doll housing, my grandma got me hooked on it. I got my first doll house in the summer of 2011 from my aunt who had picked it up at a garage sale. After a lot of tweaking, I got it to look presentable and then bought furniture and things from a catalog. My grandma has over 6 doll houses set up with landscapes and everything which I haven't quite gotten to but hope to do so in the future.

The purpose of this blog is to give others ideas and inspire them to pursue their talents.

 - Brenna