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Itchy animation - quirky illustration and characters by Richard Yot

Itchy animation - quirky illustration and characters by Richard Yot

PSG Art tutorial 2014 foreword added 2018 Is it possible to write a general tutorial on painting pretty pictures or is this art-thing too complex and magical to ever be understood, a thing for human intuition only? No human is alike, but we live in the same environment and train our brains together. I believe this creates certain shared structures which can be analysed and understood, at least on a sufficiently useful superficial level. I think anyone who practices a trade a lot will begin to formalise the relevant structures, many of them subconsciously. A musician becomes aware of the structures of a song. Getting started from nowhere It has been claimed that you need to put ten thousand hours into a skill to "master" it, whatever that means. So, anyways. Self-critique ghost Sometimes, often, an image just feels wrong somehow. Fix that thing! On studies I seldom do studies, but when I do I notice improvement very quickly. End 2014/2018 Updates Table of contents Licence I guess this licence comes pretty close:

(55) Watercolor Misfit Want to learn more about watercolor (watercolour)? Not sure where to start? Well, then check out my channel. I post tutorials, time-lapse paintings, and odds and ends other things to keep your brain bursting with creativity. So what do you say? WEBSITE: TWITTER: FACEBOOK: INSTAGRAM: Watch Some More Videos About Watercolor Supplies & Such: Best Watercolor Tool You’ll Ever How to Set Up a Watercolor Pa The Difference Between Hot and Cold Press How to Shade: 4 Helpful ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Watch Some More Time-lapse Painting Videos: Latest Time-Lapsed Painting Peter Rabbit and the Snowman Time-Lapsed Painting

Online Courses – Complete List Lifetime video access. Gorgeous illustrated printable pages. Work at your own pace on a password-protected website. Instructor guidance and feedback as often as you like. The Edwardian Lady’s Garden in Colored Pencil6 LessonsLIFETIME ACCESS $65 Painting with Gouache8 LessonsLIFETIME ACCESS $65 Drawn & Decorated Watercolor Lettering10 Lessons – work at your own paceLIFETIME ACCESS $40 Watercolor Garden Cottage: Inspired by Beatrix Potter9 Lessons (PLUS one hour video workshop on drawing animals)LIFETIME ACCESS $50 Draw Dogs & Cats8 Lessons – work at your own paceLIFETIME ACCESS $50 Draw Horses & Ponies10 Lessons – work at your own paceLIFETIME ACCESS $50 Draw and Paint Fairies in Nature10 Lessons – work at your own paceLIFETIME ACCESS $50 Fairies II: Draw & Paint the Enchanted World10 Lessons – work at your own paceLIFETIME ACCESS $50 The Best Nest: Birds, Nests & Eggs in Colored Pencil6 Lessons LIFETIME ACCESS $65 Butterflies in Colored Pencil5 Video tutorials with illustrated printables

Sketching Birds for Beginners | Drawn to Nature with Christine Elder You’ll learn foundational techniques for sketching birds with ease and confidence from the comfort of your own home. This introductory course will show you how to quickly and easily capture the essence of living birds through your sketches. Whether your local birds are robins, finches, sparrows, warblers, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, or jays, this guide will help you get started sketching them with ease and confidence. You’ll learn basic techniques for creating loose gesture sketches of birds in pencil, including hints for sketching birds from both photographs and from living species in your own backyard! Does this describe you? • Do you enjoy watching birds in your backyard or at the park? This course is perfect if you are: What’s included: This is an online course that includes: Kid’s section with downloadable bird species coloring booklets.Weekly nature sketching tips delivered each Saturday.Tip videos on a variety of nature sketching topics.

Drawing Birds Tutorial • John Muir Laws Drawing birds is a wonderful way to make yourself look more carefully at nature. Here are some resources that I hope will help you draw birds and understand them more deeply. If you understand bird anatomy you will be better at drawing what you see. I have many blog posts giving step-by-step demonstrations and details about drawing birds (see list at right). Using Photographs to help you Understand Birds I use high-resolution photographs to help me study bird plumage. Drawing Birds downloadable PDF worksheet Here is my step by step process to block in the shape of the bird. Once you have the basic shaped blocked in you are ready to add details on top of that framework. Start with the basic Shape The most important part of the drawing is getting the basic shape right at the start. Look below the surface Underneath the feathers, a bird looks like a plucked chicken. Learn to see feather groups Studying bird anatomy will help you draw birds more accurately. Birds are shape shifters

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A Site Devoted To Rubber Hose Animation It seems the more CG becomes the prevalent form of contemporary animation, the greater the desire that young artists have to rediscover hand-drawn animation techniques and styles. Animation smears already have a Tumblr. It’s only fitting that there’s now a Tumblr devoted to one of the earliest major styles of animated movement–rubber hose animation. (Thanks, Charles Kenny) It seems the more CG becomes the prevalent form of contemporary animation, the greater the desire that young artists have to rediscover hand-drawn animation techniques and styles. Animation smears already have a Tumblr. (Thanks, Charles Kenny) artschool.sophieploeg.com/ PastelAcademyOnline

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