
Zak
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3mo
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Will go on to watch the demos now
3mo
I put this one off long enough. Happier with the boot on the right than the left. Now off to watch the demo video to see what I could have done better.
4mo
A bit of a cheat because this pic was from last month, but I took a lego Marie Antoinette with me to Versailles. I thought I'd try to capture the essence of the out of focus background using quick, soft lines. I guess it kind of worked.
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4mo
Yesterday's Barracuda. Wasn't going to post it, but was inspired to by @wasabi_studio's Chevelle.
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4mo
Day 2 for me. I'm keeping it at basics before I do all the shading stuff, since I suck at fundamentals. I learned today how to get the pencil to draw lightly which was a great milestone for me. After second drawing I got hand cramps, so I guess there is some progress as well in the muscles I suppose!
I also wanted to let you all know that Drawing Board is a great tool that really helped me to get a right posture and fix my shaking hands. If you are like me, buy one of these, they are great.

Zak
4mo
I have (essentially) the same drawing board. Its small enough to cart around, packs flat, and makes it so you always see the page at the proper viewing angle.
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4mo
A kuksa that I carved a while back, and an interestingly shaped mailbox (still) wrapped in christmas lights that I saw on a walk this weekend.
4mo
I'm finding myself in the past couple of days taking quick snaps of a lot of things that look like they have nice lines, especially while out walking my dog.
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4mo
These were really fun. Probably be doing many more pages of them
4mo
Having a little fomo for the demo and critiques of the level 2, decided to give the portrait a shot.
5mo
Thank you for the video Stan. Can we use a sanding sponge block for sharpening the pencils, instead of sandpaper?
4mo
I like to use a 1/8" thick sponge sanding sheet from gator. I cut it down to about 1"x2", and can easily go into my pencil bag in a snack sized ziploc. Cut to this size, you can get about 6 of them out of a full sheet. Plus they can be rinsed out in the sink and used indefinitely. I buy the fine grit sheets.
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