"Into Focus" Horses

The next thing we did in my drawing class after the ballpoint pen drawings was a charcoal drawing. My teacher called it an "Into Focus" charcoal drawing because of the method we used to draw. First, my teacher started with an extremely blurry image on screen. It was literally a big gray blob and a big black blob. As my teacher changed slides, the image slowly came into better and better focus. By the end of class (2 1/2 hours later), this is what I had:

The assignment for the weekend was to finish the drawing. So I spent another 7-10 hours finishing all the details. This is how it came out:

So now that you've seen my drawing, here is the actual picture that I was working off of:

Hope you enjoy the artwork!

Draw Until the Pen Runs Out

Yes, my teacher literally passed out a brand new Bic pen to everyone in the class and told us to draw until the pen ran out. The only other requirement was that our drawing had to show what home meant to us. It could have been a literal scene (like mine) or some idea that wasn't necessarily real. It was basically a "welcome to drawing class" assignment, so it was really open ended. I managed to make the pen run out though (Well, I may have scribbled frantically on another piece of paper towards the end). All I know is that my hand has never been more sore! It was so cramped by the end that it was not doing what my brain was telling it to do. Anyways, here is the finished result. It came straight out of my head with no references, so it's got a lot of room for improvement, but overall it didn't come out that bad.