Madeleine
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It took me a good hour and lots of erasing and re-drawing to get the proportions right on this, which I made from my own photo. Even though the photo was a square format, I ended up making the tiger too large and therefore losing my negative space. I did find the measuring useful, though trickier to use with a photo. And I still managed to get the right eye (our left) in too close initially and having to correct it. Same thing with the chin, which was initially too small and needed correcting. So a modicum of perfectionism (not my strongest point) is a good idea here! Interesting observation: I always think of tigers as being orange and black, even though I spent almost 2 weeks photographing them in the wild last year. Now, when I started adding color, I realized how much white they have.
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The vertical photo doesn't seem to work, sorry
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This is more challenging than I thought it would be. Using my eraser a lot!
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Infuriating birds! I only have time to set one line and they're gone again. Maybe time to move on to the next exercise ;)
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Looking out the window at the feeders. Much more challenging than the duck! After the second try some sketches started looking like birds. What did I notice? How the shape of the head in relation to the body seems to define the bird. How different beak shapes are. How the little ones rarely sit still.
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Well, the 1-minute sketches from stills weren't bad, the 30-second ones a bit more challenging. But sketching that moving duck was hilarious! I had trouble even identifying my sketches as ducks. I did become aware of the fact that the gestures were repetitive, that helped a bit (if I could find the original sketch quickly enough).
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I'm having trouble believing that some of the posted images I'm seeing here were done blindly. This was, and I'm really enjoying this exercise! Eye-hand coordination has always been my issue, and I've learned that it improves with practice and training. So this is a very good exercise for me. I also learned this time, as I'm left-handed, to start on the right. And yes, focusing on the subject really helped get the essentials right, even if the drawing turned out awry. Practice makes perfect!
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Too cold and damp to sit outside, so I brought two autumn leaves in. My first thoughts were, "Of course I know the difference between Walnut and Beech. But as I continued to study them, more and more details popped up, and with them, more and more questions. Some not noted on the page, for instance: Why is one stem long and the other short? Does that have to do with the leaf staying on the tree longer?
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That shell was more difficult than I had expected. But I don't have any fruit to practice on. This is so much fun!
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Getting the basic shape and proportions wasn't too hard. (I've drawn birds from photos before.) Getting the feathering right without it looking stilted was almost impossible, and I have a tendency to do everything in a very sketchy manner. I would like to address this during the course. I wouldn't have noticed the other toes on the feet curling around from the back of the branch if I hadn't been drawing it. I'm not happy with the way I did the wings and how the feet emerge from the body. It will be fun to sit down another time and make a good, detailed drawing.
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My first experience with art journaling was long ago when I bought a facsimile edition of A Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. I was thrilled! Though I'm primarily a photographer, the idea of sketching and writing seems much more 'mindful' to me. I've been keeping a travel/art journal on and off for a few years, and I hope this class will help me settle into a routine and a preferred way of doing things.
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This is more challenging than I thought it would be. Using my eraser a lot! 
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