W.I.P. Update

A while ago I promised a friend I would try to sketch or paint her little girl for her.  Today she sent me some photos and this one I thought looked SO angelic!

Then I had a thought.  All little girls love ponies and fairies (I know for a fact this little girl has a pink fairy outfit cos I mended it for her!).  Supposing I used her face for the Angel and Unicorn Whimsey?  I mailed mum, she thought it was a fab idea.    I traced my first unicorn onto a new sheet (bit of a cheat but I just thought he was perfect!) then I copied the outline of the angel and sketched Amber's face.  Didn't got to well.  Then I re-sketched her face several times on a separate sheet until I got it right then cut it out and positioned on the original!  Now I know this seems a very strange way of doing it but I have this thing about rubbing out!  I hate that messy smudgy look you get AND I seem to draw exactly what I just rubbed out...so sometimes the only way to do it is to start afresh on a blank piece of paper!  So here is draft sketch number two. 

 

I am going thru my usual love it - hate it thing but I've decided that is more to do with confidence.  I think what really goes on in my head is "I love it, I didn't think I was that good" followed by "I hate it, everyone else will think it's rubbish".  Sometimes it's real hard to get past that "I'm not really an artist because I didn't go to art school" mentality, well in our own head at any rate.  Guess I better sit down and give myself a good talking too!