Erin
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After some delay, I am working through final exercises. I tried the reflection drawing two ways and will post the watercolor example as that was a skill I had never tried before this course. I started at "how do I hold the brush; how much water makes the watercolor 'work'?", to at least trying some levels of color match and brush control. My second (unposted) repetition was to sketch the same photo using colored ink drawing over the pencil sketch. In the watercolor, I was pleased that the elements of background, tree, leaves, and bird are represented well enough to be pleasant to view. In the repeat ink-sketch, what I noticed most is that my attention to the "whole" was better than in my original sketch, where I focused only on the bird and slightly on the branch but without detail. Overall, wonderful course and experience. I hope to keep access to the course for a bit longer as I might want to review occasionally. Thank you!
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I will admit - this lesson was a little overwhelming. I have never tried watercolors or painting. I did mix watercolors and was able to match a few of the colors in the sample finch. that allowed me to see the value of mixing. The mountain scene is beautiful - but there are SO many shades and nuances in shadow and light that I didn't even really know how to start. In the end, I decided to do a bit less mixing and play - so that I might start to learn from this raw start - how to handle a brush, what happens with this or that stroke, how does the color change as it fades and is that fading useful as a possible tool? etc. I have glanced now at the next lesson so I see some technique is coming and I look forward to a making gains.
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Fascinating exercise. It was fun; I did notice my attention flagging over time and the drawing shows that. From the example, I enjoyed using the shapes and one-to-another approach. This was the only way to make progress, even though my brain kept (unhelpfully) trying to process the whole. I then tried again using a photo. On all sketches, I start with pencil but I am terrible about eventually rubbing the lines. Because of that, I eventually go over the sketch with a pen, trying to make small adjustments as I go. For now, the repetition feels like a good way to try to gain reps.
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I love trying to capture postures and movement. This is an artistic skill I have felt was beyond me and is something in other's art that always impresses me. Whimsical and real. I started really loose and had fun with the exercises. However, I decided I needed to try the foxes twice - once in real time, and once using video-pause (my eye-to-hand skill is a little too novice for that young one's constant movement, so the pause helped me see). I then used our dog as the open gesture assignment... initially, pretty easy -- apparently, we are incredibly boring and much of her day is spent resting... so then I used a video clip (and some "pause") to try to capture her in play. It was a little weird when I started tightening up again - seeing elements I didn't like, so I realize I will need more reps of this skill, but again, I absolutely love trying to develop this ability. Thanks so much for the tips.
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Countour drawing - This is very fun(ny). In each attempt, I started with big motions, but ended with small lines - so the starting and end points were never very close to each other though several elements weren't too bad. I enjoyed looking for any "this was decent" elements. By the third example, I started intentionally trying to help my arm recalibrate to visual cue (ie., keep going, not big enough, not long enough yet) - that was helping. I am actually quite proud of my tree-barn-silo that followed the initial exercises. Interesting challenge.
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I decided to work with elements that I found interesting in the lesson. 1) Demo is drawn so fast - I don't trust my skill level so I tend to draw slowly. 2) The details are suggested but not always drawn in detail. 3) ask and muse about answers - I tend to figure someone already has the answer so if I ask, why not look it up... but it could be kind of fun to muse first. I sat in our front yard a bit away from the trees and tried a rough and quick comparison. Nothing fancy, but I was pleasantly surprised at how curious I became about the tree growth and trying to remember anything I know about leaf types (not much) so it could help to do a little research to remember complex and compound vs other leaf types.).
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Scrolling through - what great images and sit-spot stories. Good to see all the different approaches and styles of drawing. I did a combination of sitting and walking the dog through our neighborhood on a windy cool day. I love the reminder to observe-in-awe.
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Interesting to see other's drawings so will try uploading one - I am enjoying the challenges and coaching. This carving also has a lovely rough style of etchings that were fun to try to represent.
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