Hey Friends!

Say Wha??? 30 days is up?

Wow. First of all, I can’t believe I actually finished a 30-day challenge. I always admired the time and patience someone put into participating in any challenge. I guess drawing comes easier for me than a 30-day fitness challenge. But, still. I committed and executed- which is important. :)

Initially, it wasn't super easy to doodle and post online daily. I realized quickly that a routine was necessary to make sure I did it. After I got into a routine, I had to make sure that I was spending the same amount of time on each daily drawing. There were some days where I would spend a lot of time on details and be excited to show my work. But, there were also days that made me sketch as fast as I possibly could to get it over with ( i.e. right after the election results).

I liked doing the research to find what to draw next. If the doodle was in a place I hadn't been, I had to look into all the cities to figure out where I would want to be standing one day. Other than the drawing, I think the research was my favorite part, as I learned so much about the different cities in the world. Safe to say, I used this challenge to add to my life-long travel bucket list! That way, I can have real-life references for my doodles :).

I also enjoyed that I could say I was in a different part of the world everyday someone asked me how my day went. They might have gotten annoyed eventually, but I laughed each time :-P. I've listed my positive and negative takeaways from this challenge below if you're interested.

Thanks for voting and reading! I appreciate your continued support!

Until next time. <3 AW

*YOUR VOTE*

30 doodles are below! I'd like to refine or re-do 3-5 of these doodles and post on my Society6 shop. Comment below or contact me to tell me if this is a good idea and which ones you'd vote for a re-do!!

*30 DAILY DOODLES*

*MY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE CHALLENGE*

POSITIVES:

- Practice is always helpful.

- Became a more lenient critic on myself over time.

- Got faster at the doodles over time and it got me in a good daily routine.

- Got to research many cool places in the world.

- Realized I like drawing architecture.

- Improvements in certain drawing techniques.

- I sketch straighter lines now.

- I know how to use fewer colors to create a mood.

- Slowly improving on using only black pens when necessary (using less color)

- Improved my 3D shapes.

- Realized I still need practice in the following:

- Creating better perspective.

- Patience with using fine point pens for depth and dimension.

- Drawing people. In general, I suck at this right now.

NEGATIVES

- Without a theme, it’s tough coming up with doodles everyday.

- I got impatient sometimes and just wanted to finish the doodle, which made for some sloppiness in the drawings.

- Because of the around the world theme, I wasn’t drawing the same picture daily. This probably didn’t help improve a certain technique, as much as I had hoped.

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*SPECIAL THANKS*

Thanks to Deepa for inviting me to do this 30-day challenge and to Laura for participating with us! I hope that we all learned something and that our creativity continues to flourish now! Can't wait to do more 30-day doodle challenges with you both in the future. Love you, sisters :)