being sick and drawing people

It’s always so nice to be sick and have to go to school. Haha. This year definitely goes on record for the most times I have been sick in a series of weeks. I’m finally off antibiotics for the first time in a month and half for the three bouts of Strep I had—THREE! (Don’t worry my parents bought me an air-purifier for my basement bedroom, which they think will solve the problem) But of course right after I got off my antibiotics my immune system was so down that I was immediately hit with this flu/cold thing that has been going around all of my roommates in my house. I was feeling so bad that I had to miss class on Wednesday and pretty much slept & took medicine all day long :( Its unfortunate that I had to miss class because we are still doing these portrait drawings and it is almost detrimental to miss class because these drawings have to take place in class and of classmates. It worries me because I don’t know how I’m going to be able to make up that drawing unless one of my classmates is willing to pose for 3 hours on another day of the week…

Our project is due this Wednesday, and I have one of the three portraits almost completed. On Monday last week I worked on my 3/4^th front view of Missy, which was actually surprisingly a lot harder than I thought it would be. Above is how it turned out. At the end of class Amy showed me a few tips that will help me finish this piece, mostly having to do with the eyes and light and shadow. I think once I add those parts, this drawing will be done! I think the accuracy of proportions of the whole face is pretty good and it also doesn’t hurt that it actually kinda looks like her… !! :) I’m excited to pump out the last two drawings and see how everyone else’s turned out during critique on Wednesday!