More drawings and blast from past :)

I spent some time today digging amongst my art supplies..and found a few drawings from my past:

And here is one I did in the 8th grade:

I remember that one taking me quite a while,  but I had a lot of fun drawing it.  I found some more cartoon drawings and some realistic:

I also came across some paintings....some watercolor I was experimenting with mostly:

I LOVE watercolor, but I find it hard to control.  I am looking forward to learning more techniques because I would really like to experiment with it....

And now the drawings I made yesterday and today:

These drawings were ideas from some kids that I work with.  They really enjoy having me draw pictures for them, and I like it too, because it gives me much practice :)  It also helps me to see what areas I can improve on.  For instance, in drawing the train I realized that I can work on my perspective since it is a slight askew in the picture.  So I plan to research and practice that along with my shading.  Oh, and the animals with shades and moustaches,  totally the kids ideas ;)

My theme that I am mainly working on for now is drawing cartoon characters,  since I think it may help me with illustrating the books I have written.  I read some wonderful information on how to become a successful artist, and one of the things I noticed is they say to stick to a theme....like if you were showing your artwork.   They said you could have a certain theme and have different types of art(paintings, drawings, sculptures, ect...) as long as they went with the theme.  After I am done doing my cartooning...I want to try that one out. 

Plans for tomorrow,  drawing and more drawing ;)  study shading and perspective.  I need to draw a Lego tow truck, Daphne from Scooby Doo,  and a princess...per requests ;)