Just practicing loosening up with this sketch. Did whatever my impulses said. That’s usually the case but working loosely requires a bit more power to
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I saw a reel on Instagram of this little fella and snapped some screenshots for reference. Merry Christmas to you all and may your interest
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I noticed these end of season hollyhocks in the entry island to our subdivision a few weeks ago. I took a few reference photos while
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I have seen only a few Bluebirds over the years even though I lived in their territory for fifty of them. To see one here
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I got a bit bogged down with writing the sketching guide and decided to set it on the back burner for now so I could
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As mentioned in the previous post, here’s the same Quail in watercolor and the closeup reference photo my Landlord shot a few years ago. This
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Almost ten years ago, I accompanied a friend on a trip to Crested Butte, CO. It’s a beautiful little town but doesn’t come close to
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I took the time on this exercise to figure out how many times I would need to reduce the original painting size to fit it
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I enjoy studying John Singer Sargent’s watercolors because he was a bit of a maverick as opposed to being a watercolor purist. He judiciously used
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Continuing with the focus of the last post, another 10-minute watercolor from an example in the book ”10-Minute Watercolors” by Hazel Soan. I can see
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