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The daily animal (1 Viewer)
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resparza
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Days 196 to 200:
Orangutang; Bird thumbnails; Mute swan; Python (or similar); Opossum
With these ones I learned that neither sickness, airport connections nor jetlag can stop my little project
Orangutang; Bird thumbnails; Mute swan; Python (or similar); Opossum
With these ones I learned that neither sickness, airport connections nor jetlag can stop my little project
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Corvus cornix
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Please keep up the good work!
There are some really striking pictures among them, I look forward to seeing many more. I'm definitely going to dig out my drawing equipment. thanks again for the inspiration
Cheers
There are some really striking pictures among them, I look forward to seeing many more. I'm definitely going to dig out my drawing equipment. thanks again for the inspiration
Cheers
Trevor Hawkins
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Nice resparza and i see you're using a little more colour as well. How long does it take you to do each sketch approximately? Do you ever work any up past that stage? Or do you just use them as a daily 'sketch' exercise?
Well done, keep them coming.
Well done, keep them coming.
resparza
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Thank you Trevor. Yes I'm trying to use a bit more colour, and trying to find the best colour medium for those dodgy sketchbooks. Light watercolour washes seem to work ok, as long as I don't do it too wet. Unfortunately I bought too many of those sketchbooks. I'll use them up and then will try something better.
Those sketches take anything from 10 minutes to about an hour; most often about a half hour, I'd say. I'm getting a bit faster att doing them, and I guess they're also getting better (sometimes).
Having a full time job, I can only affort do do a daily sketch, although every now and then I manage to do other things. Here are two recent examples: a seedeater in oil pastels and an eider in watercolours (on somehow better paper). I also have a small doodle sketchbook where I draw random stuff almost every day.
I guess I could try to spend more time on weekends trying to do larger or more complicated stuff. Maybe that could be a sort of "Weekly animal" project
Thank you again for the feedback!
Those sketches take anything from 10 minutes to about an hour; most often about a half hour, I'd say. I'm getting a bit faster att doing them, and I guess they're also getting better (sometimes).
Having a full time job, I can only affort do do a daily sketch, although every now and then I manage to do other things. Here are two recent examples: a seedeater in oil pastels and an eider in watercolours (on somehow better paper). I also have a small doodle sketchbook where I draw random stuff almost every day.
I guess I could try to spend more time on weekends trying to do larger or more complicated stuff. Maybe that could be a sort of "Weekly animal" project
Thank you again for the feedback!
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Trevor Hawkins
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Thanks for that mate. What i meant by more artworks worked up or 'complicated' as you said was instead of doing one new sketch each day have you considered doing one more detailed sketch each week that you do something on each day until completed.
All good mate, not trying to tell you how to 'suck eggs' as the saying goes, I was just wondering if you ever do that?
keep em coming and best of luck with getting through those 'dodgy' sketchbooks.
All good mate, not trying to tell you how to 'suck eggs' as the saying goes, I was just wondering if you ever do that?
keep em coming and best of luck with getting through those 'dodgy' sketchbooks.
Trevor Hawkins
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No, that wouldn't be allowable. Three years, and i thought i was a slow painter, ha ha.
Perhaps one week just start and finish a slightly more detailed work over one week rather than doing a quick daily sketch every day?
And at the end of the week post up the progressive stages from start to finished of the work?
How long did those last two coloured works you posted take to do?
Perhaps one week just start and finish a slightly more detailed work over one week rather than doing a quick daily sketch every day?
And at the end of the week post up the progressive stages from start to finished of the work?
How long did those last two coloured works you posted take to do?
