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Eyes

Practicing humans in a deconstructed way, did hands so tried some eyes next.

Used the default pencil and a random picture from Flickr as a reference. On the positive side, they are indeed eyes. On the other hand I didn’t get the expression right. Need more practice 😊

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Asleep, in Colour

One of the things I remember from high school art class was the teacher’s comment on my sketchbook for “more colour”. I also remember thinking, when did they teach me how to colour? I’ve always felt a lack of confidence with colour. Maybe because of that I wanted to try colouring my previous sketch. The nice thing about digital art, you don’t have to risk ‘ruining’ the original or starting over, just duplicate it and go 😊

Decided to try out the gouache Bardot brushes for some extra practice.

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Arum Flower 3

Since I was experimenting with brushes, did a final flower using the Bardot watercolour brushes.

It’s funny, the watercolour ones are the first ones I purchased, but it turns out the ones I’ve used least so far. I need to work on my watercolour techniques! 😊

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Arum Flower 2

Decided to experiment a bit with the different brushes. I used the same flower reference, but tried the Bardot Pastel brushes.

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Arum Flower

Sometimes to get over a hump, you just have to go forward. Tried to draw an arum flower from a quick snapshot I took at the local Home Depot. Not bad, I used the Bardot gouache brushes for this one.

The picture I took as a reference.

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Asleep

A quick 10 minute pencil sketch. Just a few lines to remember what drawing humans feels like.

May and June was when I hit, not a road block, but more of a speed bump in my art journey. I stared to feel the desire to move forward from just following along to tutorials, but also insecurity at creating without guidance. I had to remind myself nothing starts out perfect and it’s okay to make mistakes.

I always did best when using a picture as a guide, and I actually used to love drawing people. I didn’t have the confidence to start with them, hence all the landscapes 😊, but wanted to get back into humans/people. I found a picture on Google images to use as a reference and did this quick warm up using the default pencil brushes.

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A Fantasy Landscape

Tried the ‘snow tree and stars’ tutorial from James Julier. It gives off a bit of a fantasy vibe 😊

Have to admit, I got slightly distracted towards the end and the snow dunes aren’t exactly perfect, but that’s okay, it’s the journey not the destination 😊

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Mountains and a River

I think this “mountain river” tutorial from James Julier came out nicely 😊

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A Sea of Blue

One of James Julier’s older tutorials, the Pacific Islands landscape. Pretty blues 😊

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Ferry Doodles - A Rose by Any Other Name

Had time for one last quick doodle before heading back to the car. This time I used a picture of a rose I had taken as a reference. Used the Bardot pastel brushes.

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Ferry Doodles - Hand Studies

Once we managed a seat I wasn’t really sure what to draw, so just ended up using my left hand as a model 🤚 😊

Some freehand doodling and sketching in pencil.

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A Quick Sketch

A very quick tutorial, literally, it’s basically 11 minutes, from Art with Flo to test out my new Apple Pencil.

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Woodland Scene

Some trees with a flower meadow landscape, following along to a James Julier tutorial.

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Waterfalls

April was a good month, managed to do quite a few pieces. This one is the waterfall landscape tutorial from James Julier.

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The City

Something a little different from the usual landscapes, tried Tatyworks city skyline tutorial.

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Trees at Sunset

Another James Julier tutorial, a landscape with some trees at sunset.

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The Beach

Completed the ‘beach grass landscape’ by James Julier.