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Elderly Man Graphite Portrait
I have no idea who this man is. I have been trying to work on my portrait skills by working through a book called “Lessons in Masterful Portrait Drawing”. Its not that I have suddenly developed a desire to be a portraitist. I really don’t want to specialize in such a thing. However, I do…
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Homer
Second sketch from the book. A bust of Homer. Okay, his eyes are a little wonky. But, these are practices.
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Elder Asian Man
I’ve been trying to work on my portrait sketching skills again. Going through a book I have and trying my hand at the sketches in it. This was the first one I tried out of the book. I got close. But I still need to work on it.
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Gardening and Sketching
Still working on sketching practice. I think I will probably always be working on that. I’m also working on a few paintings. I can’t wait to finish and post them. Its nice to see that even big cat mamas give their children spit-baths. Sometimes I really appreciate Microsoft for the screen backgrounds they give me.…
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Spring Practice
Its Spring! And I am starting to push myself to get outside and play in the yard. Clearing some small areas of a couple of gardens and planting some new plants in some pots. I will probably keep most of my gardening this year to pots. I need to start slow and build up my…
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Reboot & Butterflies
As I am getting more serious about the upcoming time when my art shall become my work, I have also come to realize my site needed to be redesigned to something more modern, more streamlined. It too a mild crash in my learning process, but I now have the beginnings of what it is to…
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New Beginnings
Its been quite a while since I have posted. Last year was rough. I was diagnosed with stage 3B cancer and spent months going through treatment. I am happy to say that the treatment was successful and the last 3 scans/tests have shown me to be cancer free! But, it took a lot out of…
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White Poppies
I came across a piece of art online of some flowers done on black paper. I’ve tried working on black paper with watercolor and only gotten muted results. But, when I looked the piece of artwork up, it said that she had done it using gouache. So, I gave it another try and I think…
