Bird

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Created: 08 December 2016 08 December 2016

Here's a bird. This was my first experiment using orange to gray up blue. The original, a wikipedia commons photo, is below.

Failed: First attempt at a human portrait

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Created: 05 December 2016 05 December 2016

Well, my first attempt at a portrait failed. I tried using the texture fixative on the paper, but apparently it wasn't sealed enough. I was hoping the pencil oil and binder would seal the pores in the paper. 

Der Schmetterling

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Created: 01 December 2016 01 December 2016

This is supposed to be a monarch butterfly. The original photo is in the wikimedia commons, also below.

Rexxar with bubbles

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Created: 25 November 2016 25 November 2016

Colorful bubbles make me happy. Ferrets make me happy. Merge the two and I'm thrilled.

Koala

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Created: 16 November 2016 16 November 2016

So, this is my koala in colored picture. I like the background, star-like dust, and the leaves. I don't like my koala. In the picture, the koala looks fuzzy, not furry. I haven't figured out how to do fuzzy yet.

Basket boy

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Created: 11 November 2016 11 November 2016

Photographing a moving, squirming, small creature is difficult. Rexxar is a moving, squirming, small creature.

Evie's bubbles

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Created: 02 November 2016 02 November 2016

Happy kitten.

Evening

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Created: 28 October 2016 28 October 2016

Evening is my new kitten. Her job description is twofold: pet me and stalk, terrorize, and murderize mice. So far, she excels at one task and sucks at the othe

Bird

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Created: 14 October 2016 14 October 2016

Lauren went to Africa and took a bunch of pictures. Some were of this little red bird. So, that was my next drawing experiment. I was trying to keep the background trees in the background and stuff like that. This is colored pencil. I'm going to try this with acrylic paints too.

Harvest Moon

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Created: 01 October 2016 01 October 2016

My favorite artist did a video on how to make this moon painting, kind of Bob Ross style but with acrylics.

Forest and Fireflies

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Created: 28 September 2016 28 September 2016

My favorite artist made a tutorial on how to do this paiting. It's kind of a Bob Ross style, but with acrylics.

Ms. Ellie

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Created: 26 September 2016 26 September 2016

Ellie is a foster ferret I have. I "copied" this picture from her mug shot for the humane society. I didn't do too great. I have problems delineating fur vs. body. I'm learning. It's a process.

Two flowers and a fence

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Created: 17 September 2016 17 September 2016

Three days after she moved in with me, grandma had a stroke.

Moon rat

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Created: 01 May 2016 01 May 2016

Rat and moon

Colorful bird

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Created: 29 April 2016 29 April 2016

The background is colored pencil and I kind of like it. I like the wood too, but I don't like the leaves this time.

Sting moves

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Created: 26 April 2016 26 April 2016

Puppies like to move and Sting is a puppy. 

Horse

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Created: 23 April 2016 23 April 2016

The reference photo was included in the challenge.

Blueberries

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Created: 19 April 2016 19 April 2016

Simple. I wanted to draw something simple.

Kids' Crayola colored pencils

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Created: 15 April 2016 15 April 2016

Crayola colored pencils don't blend very well, which is probably why they are so cheap.

Donut planet

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Created: 12 April 2016 12 April 2016

Imagine living on a torroid, or donut-shaped, planet.

Captivation bubbles

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Created: 08 April 2016 08 April 2016

Mantis shrimp can make super captivtion bubbles.

Underwater scene

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Created: 01 April 2016 01 April 2016

Here's a sea turtle and a boxy fish.

Closeup of a ferret face

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Created: 30 March 2016 30 March 2016

Ferret face closeup

Odin, Hugin, Munin

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Created: 28 March 2016 28 March 2016

March challenge

Something swimming, something flying, sun or moon

Seagull and flying fish

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Created: 21 March 2016 21 March 2016

March challenge

Something flying, something swimming, sun or moon