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9 Mar 2021 1 minute read 2 comments DoctorPlatypus
A week or so ago, a kind person reader advised me to try out charcoal, so I placed an order and have been eagerly waiting for the chance. Yesterday my charcoals arrived, and today I got to try them out. Today's post is my first every charcoal drawing...
7 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
Continued practice with figure drawing, and in a few cases real progress. In a few others, maybe not so much progress. It was a good practice! Here are my best efforts from today's workshop: Pinto, 15-minute poses: I was able to capture enough shape...
4 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus
When I showed her my platypus drawing, my cousin asked me to try drawing her daughter's pet hedgehog, Hanna. Meet Hanna: I've posted lots of timed figure sketches lately, and there's likely to be lots more, so I am trying to draw some cuter stuff in...
3 Mar 2021 1 minute read 2 comments DoctorPlatypus
I participated today in a figure drawing workshop hosted by a third group, The Male Form, with talented and creative model Lalo. We drew a few 5-minute warm-up sketches, then several longer poses. Here's one of the 15-minute poses that I think came o...
2 Mar 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Martin Kelen
Hi! At mode of introducing myself and begin with the blog, I post this image... This is a pencil render made for the 1st year of Industrial Design career. What we the designers do, is showing a product as atractive as possible, for the purpose of...
2 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments abisai
Sahibulhikayat Is a word in Indonesian that means "person who has a story" or can also be interpreted as "author of the word / story". This picture has the purpose of illustrating a storyteller who always gives stories until the end of his life. T...
28 Feb 2021 1 minute read 3 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today I took the Redrawing Masculinity monthly figure drawing workshop again. They had a guest model, which is always fun, and since there were three models rather than the usual two, there were more short poses than usual. This meant I got a lot mor...
28 Feb 2021 2 minute read 0 comments LyonCoDad
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, the not so simple Carpenters Pencil Did you know that the Carpenters Pencil is the OLDEST design known for a pencil? Why is it made in the shape it is made in? For looks? Easy to tuck in your hat? Just to be d...
25 Feb 2021 1 minute read 9 comments DoctorPlatypus
Today I saw a picture of someone swimming, and the painter had rendered the underwater portions of the figure in a slightly different color than the portions above the water. I thought "I bet I can do that" so today I challenged myself to try it out,...
24 Feb 2021 1 minute read 6 comments lnakuma
I got some free time last night, and had a urge to draw something quick. So I decided to draw my puppy for the second time. My profile image was the first time I drew her. Started with simple outlines. Since I wanted to draw fast, I am heavily rel...
