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    Animal & Wildlife Challenge for April, 2022.

    I didn’t get to say, earlier, how awesome this month’s references are. I couldn’t wait to get started on the one I chose to paint. But what a month! So now I’m lagging behind to finish it. Until then, I'll share this sketch I did. (Different than the reference I chose to paint.) Will be back to...
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    Wildlife Sightings

    I love reading these! It has been super hard for me to get much time on the internet lately, including four days with my service down. Real quick, here is a couple of pics of the whistler ducks. I'll try to come back again soon to read all these awesome sightings again, and add my comments. :)...
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    Wildlife Sightings

    So, our first Spring in our Honey Island Swamp location! (It's getting noisy, :ROFLMAO:) And busy too. But the best I've seen so far is a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers! Spotted yesterday in our neighbor's oak that is probably like a hundred years old. Yes with the moss and everything! Awesome...
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    March 2022 Animal And Wildlife Challenge

    I hope you get your computer troubles straightened out. And not just because I look forward to seeing your drawing, though I do.;)
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    March 2022 Animal And Wildlife Challenge

    Very nice! I like the ink together with the pencils. Great color.
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    Alpaca

    Oh wow! Your scratchboard work is amazing. I'm glad you had fun with it, but it still must take an amazing amount of control. I've never tried scratchboard. Don't feel confident enough in my drawing skills for it. Nope not at all, so I am very much in awe of your work.
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    Working On My Avatar

    Thank you all for the comments! I hope I don't let you down. 😊 Thank you, I know the struggle is important to the process. I am in it to learn and thought I'd share as I go. This was exactly my frustration. The paper got too warped for me to put in more of the feather texture that I wanted to...
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    Working from Photos

    Thinking on this some more, I might add, maybe you can play with the contrast a bit too. Emphasize it a little more than you might see in a photo. Especially with the focal point. If there is no clear focal point on the photo, decide what you want it to be and then play that up, more light and...
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    Working On My Avatar

    So, despite my chosen ID name, until now I have never drawn or painted a sparrow. In fact, most of my birds are waterfowl or those found in the marshes as apposed to song and garden birds. But I am determined to get a good rendering by my own hand for my avatar. The one I have just put up as my...
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    March 2022 Animal And Wildlife Challenge

    Ricky- nice work. I like the watery look of the colors. Schuee- He looks good! Especially nice, the play of blue and green in the water. I find more than edges difficult to do with pastels. It's a medium I still find uncomfortable to work with and so admire it when done by others. In fact pastel...
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    March 2022 Animal And Wildlife Challenge

    Vivien- your elephant is a good looking fellow! I like pen and wash too. Very nice work. And he does look happy in the reference. Joy-lovely watercolors. The deer is so eye catching that the difficulty you had with the leg isn't noticeable until you point it out. The eyes and the rich colors...
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    The Next Sketch Is

    All of these florals are awesome. I think I have maybe done two of them over all, not counting a water lily with one of my ducks and more magnolias with an egret. You all make me want to do more. Anyway, here's one of mine. Acrylic on 10X20 canvas. Next more of these gorgeous florals.
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    Roseate Spoonbill Babies

    Thank you.
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    Edgar Payne

    Thank you. Sanlynn. That statement is profoundly true far beyond lost books. But, I am one who sets my face towards the good in my life. There has been and still is so much to appreciate. And now that I'm reminded here, I'll be looking at this artist again. 🙂
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    Edgar Payne

    Years ago, I had his book, "Composition of outdoor painting". I learned a great deal from it. I probably could use a refresher but the cost of that book has certainly gone up now. Have to explain myself for it's loss, though. It was NOT through carelessness nor lack of appreciation for it, no...
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