Nicely!Always interested to see where other people start on animal/bird pictures - I always do the outline and then the eye. I only carry on if I can get the eye right.
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Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 12 May 2012, 11:15,
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Yes! I generally do exactly as you do, outline, then rough contours, then the eye placement which is critical or it looks wrong. Details and then shading last
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Shazzoir Old enough to know better young enough not to care,
Sat 12 May 2012, 11:21,
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Cool.Once the eye's done, it's a case of detail from beak to tail unless there's something critical to the picture. I drew this magpie (3rd one down) and did the tail first - if I gooned it up, then I didn't waste time on the rest of the detail.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 12 May 2012, 11:44,
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He just mugged a coot.And shanked a Redshank.
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Sat 12 May 2012, 12:12,
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Wow, those are absolutely gorgeous!I like the Magpie one best though, that's just amazing. I love drawing birds, they're my fave thing to draw, actually. This is another one of those done in pencil on sandpaper.
Is your stuff all pencil or is there some watercolour in there too?
(Is your stuff all pencil or is there some watercolour in there too?
Shazzoir Old enough to know better young enough not to care,
Sat 12 May 2012, 12:05,
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Nice wedgie!Interesting medium, too. I'm purely a pencil person these days. I used to paint acrylics, but don't get the time to set up, paint and pack away with the kids being older these days. Never painted water colour - can't stand working with the stuff.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 12 May 2012, 12:11,
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Not a fan of watercolours myself, I'm too much of a control freak I agree with your view of it too. Painting definitely is a thing to do when you have the space and inclination, but yeah, setting up the easel and getting enough space on a table somewhere is something I never seem to have time to do, whereas with pencils, all you need is a chair and something to put your paper on really. Much more likely you'll draw if it's a simpler deal. To be honest, since I got my graphics tablet, I've been pretty obsessed with learning how to do that but it's nowhere near the same medium which frustrates me a bit, but I'm still enjoying the ability to draw/sketch and erase mistakes instantly. Ctrl+Z is a wonderful thing. :D
( Shazzoir Old enough to know better young enough not to care,
Sat 12 May 2012, 12:23,
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It's strangely instinctive to make a mstake in pencilsand look for the backspace key...
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Sat 12 May 2012, 14:18,
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