Just a little lunch time fun with a new pen. Try sketching every opportunity you get. It’s pretty easy to do and the more you
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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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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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I do a lot of study on art. Other artists’ work, books and videos are the primary resources. I see a technique or style of
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Another exercise in the Paul Kelley course except I added watercolor. This one was intended to be ink only, but I wanted to throw paint
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I signed up for a course by Paul Kelley whose work I admire. It’s a brand new course called ”Sketching Foundations” and Paul’s first attempt
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