A Gallery of some of my Drawings, Folio Five

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Ursa [wip, ink]
Day 1037 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
this was a parking lot gesture sketch while my lovely bride got her hair trimmed. maybe half hour, 45 minutes. then i inked it with Staedtler pigment liner pens, first with 0.7 then followup with a 0.3 mm. this scan is of the bottom 11x11 inches of an 11x17 sheet of Office Depot branded smooth "translucent vellum paper". next i am thinking to draw the overhead limbs on the rear of the paper. something else i have done is ink the figure, ie the bear, on the front of the sheet and color the figure, ie the bear, on the rear of the sheet. i'd both ink and color the limbs for example on the rear of the sheet. so, once i get the bear portrait done i plan to extract the bear and use it in a mashup with some other ddc drawings i did. my own version of the "Peaceable Kingdom".

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Ursa [wip, inked fin, color?]
Day 1037 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
this was a parking lot gesture sketch while my lovely bride got her hair trimmed. maybe half hour, 45 minutes. then i inked it with Staedtler pigment liner pens, first with 0.7 then followup with a 0.3 mm. this scan is of an 11x17 sheet of Office Depot branded smooth "translucent vellum paper". this allowed me to draw and ink the overhead limbs on the rear of the paper along with the rock he is perched upon. i used a 0.5 pigment liner on the rear. something else i have done is ink the figure, ie the bear, on the front of the sheet and i may color the figure, ie the bear, on the rear of the sheet. i'd both ink and color the limbs on the rear of the sheet. the next decision/step is color if any.
so, once i get the bear portrait done i plan to extract the bear and use it in a mashup with some other ddc drawings i did. my own version of the "Peaceable Kingdom".

This file is named day 1037 ink3.jpg.
Ursa [fin]
Day 1037 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
this was a parking lot gesture sketch while my lovely bride got her hair trimmed. maybe half hour, 45 minutes. then i inked it with Staedtler pigment liner pens, first with 0.7 then followup with a 0.3 mm. this scan is of an 11x17 sheet of Office Depot branded smooth "translucent vellum paper". this allowed me to draw and ink the overhead limbs on the rear of the paper along with the rock he is perched upon. i used a 0.5 pigment liner on the rear. something else i have done is ink the figure linework, ie the bear, on the front of the sheet and i also colored the figure on the front of the sheet with sepia, sanguine, and some shade of brown faber-castell PITT colored india ink pens. i did the ink linework and colored the leaves and limbs on the rear of the sheet also with the PITT india ink pens. and, i also colored the rear of the bear with dark gray india ink to make the front coloring more even. so other than the initial gesture drawing, this is all india inks.
now i have the bear portrait done i plan to extract the bear and use it in a mashup with some other ddc drawings i did. my own version of the "Peaceable Kingdom".

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Grandstand Handstand [wip?]
Day 1038 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
this was a 2B 0.5mm mech pencil gesture on 11x17 vellum paper, inked with a 0.5mm Staedtler pigment liner, all smudged with paper towel. not sure what if anything more i will do with this. lol.

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[wip]

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Boris Karloff as The Mummy
Day 1040 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
this is mixed 8B Castells Jumbo 9000 graphite pencil, Staedtler india ink "pigment liners" in black, Faber-Castell PITT artist pens in Sepia and Sanguine india ink, smudged with chamois, all on Pacon 12x9 Art1st Drawing paper

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Elizabeth Montgomery "Facial Expressions" [wip]
Day 1044 daily drawing challenge reference photo
these are all drawn with 2B 0.5mm mech pencil on Strathmore "Toned Gray" Drawing Paper, drawn on two 12x9 sheets which are scanned and stitched together here. maybe there is a story in the way i sequenced or ordered the individual faces... lol. anyway, i figure to ink these with india ink pigment liner pens and then add some highlighting with white. drawing these was really worthwhile practice.

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It'd be nice to live in a world where mermaids were real and the oceans were clean.
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some days the long lost sailors wash ashore, some days they don't
bother not to tell them to stay dry here ashore, for listen they won't
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Day 1047 daily drawing challenge reference photo
another bedtime sketch. this is india ink from a staedtler pigment liner pen along with 6B Castells Jumbo 9000 graphite and General's White Charcoal all on Strathmore Toned Gray Drawing Paper 9x12. i was unhappy with the way my white highlights looked, was having trouble getting them to blend, so i ended up putting a tortillon in my electric eraser and did a "power smudge" on it. so i likely revisit this one more later.

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"Got me a dog. Fella said she's a junkyard mongrel. Now she ain't much to look at, but none the other dogs mess with us."
day 1048 daily drawing challenge reference photo
this is india inks along with Conte No2 Extra Fine Black Drawing pencil and Conte Extra Fine White Drawing pencil on Strathmore Toned Gray Drawing paper 12x9. this one was a lot of fun for me to draw.

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Anubis' Priestess
Day 1049 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
another bedtime sketch. this was Conte White Drawing Pencil gesture on Strathmore Toned Gray Drawing Paper, 9x12 which I inked with a Staedtler 0.7 pigment marker and then toned/"colored" with Conte No2 Extra Fine Black Drawing Pencil, more of the white Conte pencil, and Koal-Black 2B Charcoal pencil. the pigment marker pretty much... See More

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Suzy, a salvage diver with Air Heads Recovery, gets a Surprise Visitor at Thirty Fathoms.
Day 1050 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo (the diver)
this is yet another bedtime sketch. drew this with a Staedtler 0.7 pigment liner pen i cut open and refilled with Higgin's Black India Ink over a Conte No2 Extra Fine Black Drawing Pencil gesture. tone/shading is from the same pencil and some highlighting with a Conte White Drawing Pencil, all smudged with chamois on 12x9 Strathmore Toned Gray Drawing Paper. probably ought to add some damage to the submarine if it's a sunken wreck... ;-)

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Bun Rab walks the wood late at night,
Holding his little lantern up and alight.
Seeking truth that hides from the light,
If he finds it everything will be alright
And Bun Rab can dance with delight!
But alas, he likely won't find it tonight...
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Day 1051 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
this is yet another bobster bedtime snack sketch. it is straight up (no pencils) Staedtler 0.7 pigment liner which i refilled with Higgin's Black India Ink, some Uni-ball Signo White pigment ink pen, and a touch of highlighter for the eyes, all on a 9x12 sheet of Strathmore Toned Gray Drawing paper. This one was just huge fun for me. at first i considered captioning it "Demosthenes Tularemia Hare seeks the rabbit hole." lol.

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Dawg
Day 1052 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
it's supposed to be a corgi. lol. this was a bedtime sketch that i finished a bit ago, added the brown and some pink in the ears, reapplied some color for coverage and saturation. the basic sketch was done on Strathmore Toned Gray 9x12 Drawing paper using No2 Conte Extra Fine Black Drawing Pencil and Conte White Drawing Pencil. the brown/tan is a Prismacolor Drawing Stick, same lead as their pencils but more pastel stick shape and no wood. the "pink" in the ears is overkill from a touch of too dark Mungyo Soft Pastel. but here is the Dawg ;-)
it isn't smudged because it may be revisited...

This file is named day 1053 wonder woman wc.jpg.
Wonder Woman Out of Uniform [redux]
Day 1053 daily drawing challenge reference photo
so what i did here was playing around with water color washes over my ink drawing, 11x17 cotton vellum. Dr. Ph. Martin's Radiant Concentrated Water Color applied with No6 tapered brush.

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Teddy and Sproing [WIP almost done]
concept from Day 1055 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo, a jumping girl
this is my ink. some of this started as No2 Conte Drawing Pencil base sketches, but the linework is Staedtler 0.7 pigment liner and the coloring is Speedball Super Pigmented Acrylic Inks (3 primaries red, blue, and yellow along with black and white all mixed and diluted as required) applied with a No3 round brush on Canson XL Recycled Drawing Paper 9x12.
thinking about how to bring the girl forward? or is she ok?
thinking about some feathering/hatching to add contour and shadows. to me, feathering is ok in black white or gray.
also thinking about whether to go over all of it with a Prismacolor colorless blender pencil...

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cheetah
day 1056 daily drawing challenge reference photo
this is a No.2 Conte Extra Fine Drawing Pencil sketch inked with a Staedtler 0.7 pigment liner and india ink on Canson XL Recycled Multimedia Paper 9x12. it is colored using mixtures and dilutions from a three color palette, scarlet red, primrose yellow, and indigo blue, along with black and white Speedball Super Pigmented Acrylic inks. most of the ink was applied using a round No3 brush except the background which was done with a No7 round. (obviously by mixing these 3 colors you can easily obtain any of 6 nominal primaries, and you have black and white to darken or lighten any of the resulting shades.)
so i have a couple of other pieces i was thinking to ink in similar fashion, so i will have to think about that a bit. the "Multimedia Paper" isn't the best for water based coloring. being decent quality paper it does go back to pretty flat once dry, so that's good, but it isn't remarkably better than the "Drawing Paper" for the ink. i think it is also somewhat whiter/brighter. been a LONG time since i have done any colors with inking, this second piece was a good wakeup. i more prefer mylar film, put the linework on one side, color it on the other. wasn't sure i was going to color this, and the colored ink has dulled my blacks.

This file is named day 1057 ink.jpg.
Oka of The Monster Attack Team
colored

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Bucket of Joy
Day 1058 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
Staedtler pigment liner india inks over a No2 Conte Drawing Pencil sketch on Canson XL Recycled Drawing Paper 9x12.
so now i was thinking 1 of 4 choices. leave it as is. add some gray ink wash. color it with ink. color it with crayons

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Swing Time
Day 1061 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
ink sketch. this is Speedball Super Pigmented Acrylic Ink in red, yellow, and blue primaries along with black and white mixed and diluted as required to get this palette. all done with ink and brush, no pencil or pen in this one, on Canson XL Recycled Drawing Paper 9x12. first straight up ink brush drawing in forever.

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Drawing after "ArtStation - Lozza, the kings butcher (70mm sculpture), Raul Latorre"
Day 1063 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
this is ink brush over my charcoal gesture sketch, coloring is also ink by PITT ink brush markers, sanguine and sepia and gray, all on Strathmore Toned Gray Drawing paper 9x12.

This file is named day 1064 lupita prismacolor.jpg.
Lupita in Prismacolors
Day 1064 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
just colored this with Prismacolor pencils playing around

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Xena
Day 1068 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo plus her "weapon"
this is inked with Staedtler pigment liner india ink tech pens and Faber Castell PITT Shades of Grey artist pen (basically an india ink wash marker) over my 2B 0.5mm mech pencil on Canson XL Recycled Drawing Paper 9x12. i may do a bit more shading...

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Pencils Kid with Dawg
Day 1070 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
this is my continued pencils, 2B 0.5mm mech pencil, over my initial gesture sketch. this was a waiting in the parking lot pencils job. now i think i might go on to ink, i have some ideas i want to try there. this is on Canson 9x12 Recycled Drawing paper.

This file is named day 1071 ink3.jpg.
melon wedge
day 1071 daily drawing challenge reference photo
further along, some hatching. not sure what i will do next here...

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Straw Man
Day 1073 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
decided to finish inking this guy in color, Speedball Super Pigmented Acrylic ink in red, blue, and yellow and Higgins Black India mixed and diluted all applied with a No7 round red sable brush over Staedtler pigment liner black. this is on Canson 9x12 XL recycled drawing paper. good exercise.

This file is named day 1074 ink3.jpg.
Dinky D. Dawg
Day 1074 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
acrylic ink washes applied with No3 and No7 round brushes over 2B pencil on 9x12 Canson XL recycled drawing paper. done at least for now...

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Suzy Parker (she appeared in Vogue magazine in Feb. 1952. reference Photo by Irving Penn)
Day 1076 daily drawing challenge
this is all speedball black super pigmented acrylic ink, no pencils, on 9x12 Canson XL recycled multimedia paper all applied with a No2 Royal RC585 brush, kind of a nice taper when it is wet. this was huge fun.

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Cat Toss
Day 1077 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
this is all ink wash, no pencils, applied with several brushes mostly No2 size on Canson XL recycled Multimedia paper 9x12. this paper will allow a small amount of erasure
it might be audrey hepburn in breakfast at tiffany's
lot of fun to draw

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A Proud Soldier
Day 1078 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
ok, this is an experiment. the drawing is done with black and white inks and graphite aquarelle on Canson XL Mixed Media paper 9x12. for the ink and to wash the aquarelle i used a brush i found in one of my pencil tins, labeled No6 a Faber-Castell with this nice taper and shape for ink or paint, says handmade in germany it is nice brush. more learning experiences he was fun to draw i hope he got home alright.

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Druid Priestess
Day 1079 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
this is Dr. Ph. Martin's Radiant Concentrated Water Color in Black 14A with a touch of hyacinth blue 32C for the headdress "eyes" all applied with a No6 tapered brush on Canson XL recycled Mix Media paper 9x12, no pencils. this is my first ever straight up watercolor drawing

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watercolors applied after a graphite aquarelle wash

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"... and then, then ah, well that's when i layed him out with the chair to the back of his head. He deserved it, I don't regret it. He was always treating me like some kind of rag doll he could just toss aside when he was through playing with it. Not any more he won't."
Day 1081 daily drawing challenge reference photo of a rag doll
this is straight up watercolors applied with a No7 delta style 505 brush with a short taper, says it's red sable, pure no less. Dr. Ph. Martin's Radiant Concentrated Water Colors (except the red hair and lips, that is speedball ink) on Canson XL recycled Mix Media paper 9x12. this was a lot of fun to draw. i am calling this my third watercolor. lols.

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A Horse is a Horse of Course
Day 1082 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
this is Faber-Castell 4B Graphite Aquarelle and Ph. Martin's Radiant Concentrated black water color on Canson 12x9 XL recycled Mix media paper. this was fun, it is water color drawing number 5 for me. thinking i just leave this one in gray scale.

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District 9 (movie) Prawn Drop Ship.
this is a lander that was dropped from the Prawn mother ship. if you get a chance, watch the movie.
Day 1086 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
this is Faber-Castell HB & 2B Graphite Aquarelles and Caran D'Ache Supracolor Soft Aquarelle pencils, all washed with a No6 Faber-Castell tapered brush, and ink on Canson XL recycled Mix Media paper 12x9. i hope i was able to show some dimensionality for the craft. it is all freehand, no straightedges or guides, and i think the deviations in the lines add a measure of interest. this was a lot of fun to draw and color, learning how these colors work.

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I made the phrase "Let's put a happy little hydrant right here!" my trademark.
Day 1087 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
well, i don't know. this was an experiment with Prismacolor pencil followed with white ink highlights over top of a graphite sketch, all on 9x12 Canson XL recycled Mix Media paper. the caption and the coffee cup name/logo are both my wife and BFF's idea.

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For the children every leap into the leaf bin was an escape from one imaginary monster or demon or another equally frightening pursuer.
Day 1088 and Day 1089 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photos combined
this is Faber-Castell Graphite Aquarelle 4B along with Caran D'Ache Supracolor Soft Aquarelle on Canson 9x12 XL recycled Mix Media paper all washed with a No6 tapered brush. i may go back in and add the leaf pile he's jumping into, but this leaves possibilities open...

This file is named day 1090 and 1091 fin.jpg.
Gecko Green Tea is the Ticket for Me!
Day 1090 and Day 1091 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photos
more bedtime sketch Faber-Castell Graphite Aquarelle pencil and Dr. Ph. Martin's Radiant Concentrated Water Color, on HB and 2B with a touch of 4B on Daler & Rowney watercolor paper 9x12. couldn't decide whether to draw the gecko in a teacup or the super model, so i mashed em up. first time i can recall using "watercolor" paper but i wanted to see how this works with the aquarelles and some dr. ph. martin's watercolors. the martin's colors are extremely concentrated and you really need to dilute them, especially for some colors. i reworked the skin coloring and i think i am done with her. are we having fun yet? oh yeah!

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Archer [wip]
Day 1092 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
Faber-Castell Graphite Aquarelle pencil HB, 2B, and 4B on Daler & Rowney Watercolor Paper 9x12. coloring or grayscale from here?

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Happy Tot
Day 1093 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
watercolor sketch, this is only Dr. Ph. Martin's black 14A water color with brush on 9x12 watercolor paper. it's a good sketch within the limitation that it bears only a superficial resemblance to the kid in the reference photo. but it was really a lot of fun to sketch with just the brush.

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Saturation
Day 1094 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
watercolor sketch on canson xl recycled mix media paper 9x12, dr. ph. martin's radiant concentrated liquid water colors with a No5 tapered brush

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Bo Vine, country music legend
Day 1095 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo
aquarelle watercolor pencils on canson XL recycled mix media paper 12x9. lols, it took about 20 minutes to draw this guy and the last 6 hours coloring it.

This file is named day 1096 wet.jpg.
I can't hear you! [wip, part 3]
day 1096 daily drawing challenge photo reference
this is watercolor via aquarelle graphite and various colored aquarelles on canson XL recycled mix media paper 9x12. what's next? some detail definition and linework. blending with a stump before wetting improved my results with the aquarelle.

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Ferd
day 1101 daily drawing challenge reference photo
experiment. used a harder (2B rather than my usual 4B) Faber-Castell graphite aquarelle pencil on this sketch. quick bedtime sketch, went to sleep thinking take time to smell the flowers... these kinds of drawings, intersecting straight lines, are great exercises to practice at.

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She looked at him and said, "Leonard, put them popped out eyeballs back in your head!"
Day 1102 daily drawing challenge reference photo
Faber-Castell 4B Graphite Aquarelle pencil on Canson XL recycled Mix Media paper 9x12. This was a lot of fun to draw. Bedtime sketch, 45 minutes so far. Yes, watercolor on my mind. this hasn't been blended/smudged either...

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Eco, starring in "To Save the World!"
Day 1103 daily drawing challenge reference photo
well, poking around and came across a colerase scarlet red pencil so i used it to sketch the bot on canson XL recycled Mix Media paper 9x12. followed that with watercolor and india ink by brush and pigment liner. so just an aside, when you mix two opposites, as here the red pencil overlaid by the green watercolor, the result is brown, kind of a pleasing sepia. still, felt like black inkline was what i wanted. ;-) he was fun. changed up the arms and legs increasing number of segments, added feet. now Eco might be able to perambulate.

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He pointed at the squirrel and giggled in his childish way, for such was after all the nature of children. The nanny, in her demanding tone, said sternly, "Ralphie boy, don't you know a squirrel ain't nothin but a rat with a bushy tail?" The derisive edge to the nanny's statements often cracked the child's fragile eggshell mind, and as he watched, the reflection of the squirrel in the bird feeder's water changed before his gaze, and he began to cry softly.
The nanny said, "Kiddo you are somethin with that 'magination of yours. A squirrel is a squirrel. It's all OK boy." and she began to lead the child away. But as he looked, the reflection did not change. The squirrels were forever more to be seen as just another kind of rat. Sometimes he thought that the nanny was, after all, just another kind of rat too.
Day 1104 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photo, twisted
ok, this is 9x12 Strathmore Toned Gray Drawing Paper with 4B Faber-Castell Graphite Aquarelle and colors from some Caran D'Ache and some Prismacolor Aquarelle pencils washed with a wet brush, then i added some blue green in the "water"

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Stupid robot! Stupid stupid robot!
Day 1105 and Day 1103 Daily Drawing Challenge reference photos
digital mayhem. ;-)

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Komika the Sardinian Girl
day 1107 daily drawing challenge reference photo
this is Dr. Ph. Martin's water color and india ink with a Staedtler pigment liner 0.7 size all over Colerase Scarlet Red pencil on Canson XL Mix Media paper 9x12. continuing the watercolor experiments.

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for play
day 1109 daily drawing challenge reference photo
more experiments with watercolor paints and graphite aquarelle. this is Canson XL Mix Media paper 9x12 with a mix of payne's gray and some blue and some pink "leftover" paint from my palette cups, then some 8B graphite aquarelle.
what happened here is that Adobe removed the photo gallery creation functions from Bridge, and added it to what they call Lightroom Classic. so once you have lightroom installed, you need to let it catalog your images/photos. so there i was watching this thing catalog 142,000 images, and i just couldn't take it, i HAD to draw something, so i sketched our lady here with watercolor and a fat brush. meanwhile, lightroom has cataloged all the images. i'll share a gallery of some later. lols.

This file is named day 1110 wc.jpg.
"The Lady in Red" in another tale of mystery and intrigue.
day 1110 daily drawing challenge reference photo
this was a parking lot sketch in 6B Castell's Jumbo 9000 graphite aquarelle pencil smudged with a piece of paper towel followed with a blunt tortillon, on Canson XL Mix Media paper 9x12. the way i drew this was to gesture in the girl's outline and then lightly sketched in the background leaving the figure blank/empty. then i drew the girl in firmer lines adding details. then i watercolored the background with payne's gray and brush, then i watercolored the girl, and finally i india inked her. trying to determine which way i like to do this and especially whether or not i like my results.

This file is named day 1124 drawing.jpg.
parking lot sketch
day 1124 daily drawing challenge reference photo
drew this while waiting in a parking lot. first pass was the blue Generals erasable pencil, then i added a touch of green and red, added some graphite aquarelle 4B, all on canson XL mix media paper 9x12. she might see some ink...

This file is named day 1127 colored.jpg.
wip [this is the matte]
day 1127 daily drawing challenge reference photo
this was a bedtime sketch in 2B 0.5mm mech pencil, prismacolor Colerase pencils, and Staedtler 0.5mm pigment liner india ink all on Canson XL Mix Media paper 9x12

This file is named day 1128.jpg.
Diclofenac the Faux
day 1128 daily drawing challenge reference photo
aquarelle pencils washed with an "angled shader" brush with rather stiff synthetic bristles, india ink from a refilled pigment liner, all on Canson Mix Media 9x12 paper.

This file is named day 1129.jpg.
Happy Holidays and a Healthy Prosperous New Year to each and all!
day 1129 daily drawing challenge reference photo
Castell's Jumbo 9000 8B graphite aquarelle and Staedtler aquarelle crayons wet brushed with an angled shader brush then inked with india ink from a refilled Staedtler pigment liner 0.7, all on Canson XL Mix Media Paper.

This file is named day 1133.jpg.
untitled, WIP
day 1133 daily drawing challenge reference photo
so i drew this one last night after i drew the horned girl and the sheep. this 8B Faber Castell graphite aquarelle on canson xl mix media paper 9x12. thinking watercolors.

This file is named day 1139-1151 wc.jpg.
swing time fun
day 1139 & day 1151 daily drawing challenge mashup
this is a digital composite of two of my aquarelle watercolors

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heifers
day 1146 daily drawing challenge reference photo
bedtime quick sketch. drew this with Colerase blue pencil, then used some vermillion, and finally a small bit of brown. india ink from a staedtler pigment liner 0.7 all smudged with a fat rather soft tortillon. all on canson XL Mix Media paper 9x12. maybe i'll use my toothbrush and white ink splatter to render a winter snowfall. lols. but really? what do i really want to do with this? composite the nude girl i also drew yesterday (digital) into an image with the two cows, title it "heifers at the county fair"... ;-)

This file is named day 1147.jpg.
downhill thrill
day 1147 daily drawing challenge reference photo
this was a quickie. conte pastels with pitt white pastels, a small bit of charcoal, all on black construction paper 9x12. i had the pitt white pastels out thinking about another piece and decided hey, the skier has a black background too, so start with her. and here she is!

This file is named day 1148.jpg.
skater
day 1148 daily drawing challenge reference photo
this is Eberhard-Faber Ebony pencil and Colerase pencil on canson XL Mix Media paper 9x12. it was fun to draw this pose.

This file is named day 1149.jpg.
fawn
day 1149 daily drawing challenge reference photo
this was another experiment. i took this homemade gouache and drew a brush sketch of the deer, then i went after that with pastels. what i did with the pastels was to use a flat edged brush to brush the pastels. you can use some layering to modify the hue a bit. i may use the fawn in a composite. ;-)

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en negro y blanco
from day 1150 daily drawing challenge reference photo
2B faber-castell graphite aquarelle on canson xl mix media paper 9x12. inversion in photoshop.

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hangin out
day 1151 daily drawing challenge reference photo
this is prismacolor and caran d'ache aquarelle pencils on Pacon black construction paper 9x12. no surprise that the watercolor is not opaque especially against the dark media.

This file is named day 1152.jpg.
Speed
day 1152 daily drawing challenge reference photo
this is a gray watercolor sketch then colored with caran d'ache aquarelles and a wet brush, on canson XL mix media paper 9x12. good action pose.

This file is named day 1153 +.jpg.
"Yes Darthina, I am your father, Bacchus."
day 1153 daily drawing challenge reference for darthina, and a photo of Statue-Sil-ne-de-Dalou for Bacchus
this was a bedtime drawing in blue Colerase pencil on canson XL mix media paper 12x9. obviously, i was in a fevered state...