Project Draw EXO: Lay | Sketchbook

If you've been reading my blog thoroughly you know that there have been some issues in my life that had me be not able to focus on anything. Thus, even this drawing project of mine got postponed last month...
     Anyhow, let me represent you my September's EXO memeber - Lay. This is the third portrait after a long hiatus of not drawing anything and yet I feel like I've improved so much. First of all, drawing Lay has been the easiest so far. I'm not saying that Xiumin and Suho were any harder to draw. I simply mean that it is easier for me now to draw faces than it was at first when I started. Maybe next year I'll do draw this again challenge to see just how much better I've gotten.

EXO's Lay.
Here you can see the picture I used as model for this.

I've often been told that I have gift for drawing and that they are jealous of that gift, However, I don't think I'm any better than others. It's just that I've been into drawing ever since I was a toddler and for that reason I've practiced it for so long. I sincerely believe that anyone can learn to draw well if they practice enough. You only need to remember to joy every improvement you notice because if you compare yourself to others it will surely upset you. Even to this day I still get upset when I compare my drawings to those who are way much better than me. But I get over with as soon as I pick up the pen and start drawing again.
    Ugh, I could write a whole another post on this subject so I think it's better if I stop here. ^^'

Back to Lay! I didn't do any practice sketches for his portrait. I just kept drawing and drawing and I'm happy how it turned out though there are some mistakes: like his eyes are too close to another, his lips are not the right shape, etc. Yet, I'm happy with. At least for now... Maybe I'll start hating it after some time but then I just need to draw him again and see if there's any improvement. :)

This time I started from the nose and build up the rest of the face around it.

At this point I noticed I drew his eyes too close each other  but didn't want to
start a new sketch so decided to leave it like this.

I got the sketching ready. Especially at this point I was doubting whether
it would look like Lay.

So this was supposed to be September's portrait. Oops! I really shoudln't schedule myself because I'm never able to manage according to it. Oh well... Who cares.

    Anyhow, till next time!

Sometimes Nothing Goes As Planned

Had a massive headache on Thursday :(
Painkiller, beanie&warm clothes combined with one hour nap is the
best cure for me.

I was supposed to post a new EXO portrait today but the last two weeks... Aah, it's been such a mess. I haven't gotten anything done. The only thing I've managed to do is to go to work. Schoolwork, house work and everything else has been left undone. I simply haven't been able to concentrate at all.

It all started when suddenly my dad had to go to the hospital and now I've been down with flue for the whole week. I'm still feeling a bit ill but a lot better compared to last Tuesday when this flue started. The worst thing is the headaches I've been having. They start out of blue and keep bothering me for the rest of the day. Taking painkillers doesn't help.

     I hate when these things happen. I'm the type of person to plan my weeks ahead and if something suddenly changes the plans so that I can't get done the things I had originally planned to do... I really hate it. Or maybe I actually hate myself because I easily start these procrastination circles. If I suddenly need to postpone something I start postponing it again and again and vola! The procrastination takes the best of me.

     It is really stressful to fix things and get back on track. Even now I'm constantly worrying whether I everything done though I've been postponing it for two weeks. And yet I feel like doing nothing. Sometimes I really hate myself. But then again life is life and it's not like this is the end of it. I know things will eventually work out if I don't give up.

     Today I wanted to write this post to release some of stress so that I will be able to do my best starting tomorrow. Since today is Sunday I should let it all go for now and focus on relaxing in order get better. Long time ago I promised myself that Sundays are for relaxation and I must not do anything related to school or work. If you are feeling stressful all the time I recommend you try this "one stress-free day a week" thing because that's been working for me for. It is something a senior of mine taught me and very thankful for that.

One of my favorite English proverbs is "When life gives you lemons, make a lemonade". These past two weeks have proven that when life gives you lemons you really should make a lemonade. Life is too short to stress all the time. I probably got sick because of worrying too much anyway. But can't help it! That's just the way I am.

Anyhow, remember to sometimes just let things go and relax! You'll see the things from a completely different view after having a small break. Till next time!

xoxo