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Star Tetrahedron Fractal Freehand Drawing on Burnt Canvas - Original Artwork

17 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Conscious Fitness

Hey Friends! I've just upgraded my art style by using a different style canvas: layered and washed paper with burnt edges using the element of fire :) If you've seen my previous art, you've seen that I've been using white canvas paper to create a...

BATHARA

16 Aug 2020 1 minute read 1 comment abisai

BATHARA - abisai BATHARA A word that means "Noble Lord" (taken from Sanskrit word "Bhattara"), an epithet from Brhaspati, a God in Hinduism which stays and identified as planet Jupiter. I'm trying to implement Balinese feel in this one. I hope...

Some facial expressions

15 Aug 2020 1 minute read 3 comments danielaravenous

My favorite thing to draw are faces and facial expressions, so lately I'm diving deep into this subject. Here some sketches from this week. I find it challenging to give the lines enough strength to remark an expression but not make it rough or stiff...

Quad stretching - Gesture Practice

13 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus

More gesture practice today - This took me about 45 minutes.  Because I misplaced his hips on the overall gesture line, and because I drew his head too small (or perhaps too far down on the gesture line), there are some proportion issues here, makin...

Brick by brick by brick

12 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments DoctorPlatypus

Last November, I took a texture-drawing lesson in which we drew bricks, hoping to make them look as realistic as possible. Here's my assignment from then: I revisited the same lesson today, and tried to add a little more depth by making the brick wa...

Mandala #15 - 'Connection' - Original Drawing

11 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Conscious Fitness

Today is Drawing #15 -" Connection"!   I could not find my Sharpie pen anywhere, so with these drawing I ended up using a fine point pen that did okay, but just wasn't the same as compared to my Sharpie. No worries though, because the art still...

Using a sketchbook to overcome art-block

11 Aug 2020 1 minute read 3 comments danielaravenous

Over the years I have had to deal many times with the art-block and lack of motivation derived from my depressive stages. This year 2020 did not start differently, because although on the one hand I start each year with set goals and new energy, a ce...

Leaping Dancer - Gesture Practice

10 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments DoctorPlatypus

I need to work on my gesture drawing skills, so that I can get the idea of a model/pose on paper enough within a set time that I can finish the work after the model exits the pose. I can't be expecting a leaping dancer to remain midair long enough fo...

ELEMENTS

10 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments abisai

ELEMENTS - abisai This one is an arrangement of things that I draw which I call elements. These elements are things that I used to spice up my sketches, and this time I tried to put them together and there they are! I hope it is enjoyable, stay safe...

Why "Doctor Platypus" and Two Furballs

6 Aug 2020 1 minute read 4 comments DoctorPlatypus

The Story Behind the Name When I was just little, I loved watching Mr. Rogers. Apparently, so did my babysitter, who called me "Dr. Bill Bill Platypus" after Dr Duckbill Platypus in Mr. Rogers' Land of Make Believe. In 2010, when I finished my PhD (E...