lazy sunday

so i did kind of a lot of drawing today. after i woke up at around 1, i immediately began drawing from a copy of french vogue i found in my mom's studio. the sketchbook page for today is really nothing special. just loosening up my hand. actually since i suck so much at scanning my pages, this one cut out about half of my images..? it's not good enough for the effort, haha.

so i feel like this one is alright. i spent about 40 minutes on it and i am kind of happy with it. i still feel like something's wrong. i don't know if it's the values or the rendering or the colors or what? it looks better in person, i must say.
this was one of my first attempts at an "art nouveau" look..i wanted the hair to kind of look like stained glass and i knew i wanted some pink tones in the blonde hair. that's one of my favorite things ever :D pretty simple, but i like the end result.
this was just something i was playing around with. obviously it's very cartoony, but it was really fun to do. it was probably the most fun thing i did today. it took about 5 minutes but one of the most gratifying pieces. thinking of doing a series of these little thumbnails
there is one more sketch page that i was doing while i was attempting to watch tv...i leave blank paper and a pen/pencil around the house in pretty much every room so that if i get the urge to draw (and i usually do), then it's very simple. that'll be up tomorrow if not sooner. i feel like i need to push myself to be more and more self-directed. i am starting the painting of pam's house tomorrow if it kills me! i'm thinking watercolor now instead of acrylics. here's the pic i think i'm using for reference:

i'm thinking of a potential crop, but i haven't decided where yet. i really want to get in those beautiful hydrangeas! other than that, i really need to make sure that the perspective is in check. i think i am going to cut a few pieces of watercolor paper in varying proportions and sizes to practice :)