Draw'tober Craft(art)-a-long

@jemimah those are wonderful! I love that there is a fish skeleton on the screen! lol

@PrincessP Beautiful drawing of the burrow!

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I’m not sure I’m coordinated enough to draw while brushing my teeth :laughing:

But I did finish day two:

This time from the ”terrible” set of prompts. (I read them all to husband and he picked it for me).

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That was my thought, I’m glad it came across that way!

Ugh. This was way cooler in my head. I am really not good with ink.

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I packed the drawing book, but forgot the bag at home :stuck_out_tongue: will do the doodles once i get home on sunday :stuck_out_tongue: but it’s fun seeing what everyone are drawing :smiley:

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I knew exactly what your drawing was before scrolling down to the title.

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ATC “Mathilda Pumpkinhead” drawlloween: pumpkin

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I love seeing everyone’s drawings!

Angrishreep!

Just a quick doodle. The botober prompts are fun!

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Introducing Miss Barbara Millicent Groceries. Like most Stepford wives, Barbara Millicent is slightly posable and mostly held together by scotch (tape, in this case).

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Work was busy today. I mushed together two prompts for this angsty mothgirl. Excited to dedicate more time to tomorrow’s prompt.

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Omg, lol. I like your collages.

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Today I picked the ”concept” prompt list, but I’m sticking to Botober.

It’s not just Y, it’s The Y. Google ”Y Timrå” for some context.

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Yes, here’s a link to an article about photographing artwork. The first part is very technical and involved, but at the end of the article is a section about what if you only have a phone to take photos of your art. You can do a search on the page for this phrase " but all you have is your iPhone?" to find the start of that part. Or just scroll down to the bottom of the article where you see a photo of a welcome mat. He shows how to use natural light and something white to reflect back the light to get rid of the shadow.

I basically do this at our glass door to get good natural lighting. I use a little table to put the item on and sometimes use something white to bounce back light if necessary. A piece of cardstock works fine for small things. :slight_smile:

I then pull the image into photoshop and adjust the levels to get the white whiter and the darks darker until it looks right.

hope that helps!

https://www.muddycolors.com/2020/08/photographing-your-artwork/

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Thank you! That’s good stuff. I moved to a different part of the room and took another picture and it turned out a bit better. But I will save this for future reference!

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You’re welcome! Yay, glad you found a better spot for lighting your art! :slight_smile:

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And Miss Gracie Lou RealLady.

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@megwell and @grenouille78, they are both hilarious :sweat_smile:

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Sketch for PeachPotterTober Day 3 prompt :: Bridge

Now I’m deciding whether to ink it with pens, or if I’m gutsy enough to use India ink for the colouring :grimacing:

…playing around with materials

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I wasn’t going to do one today, but this lady asserted herself. Meet Miss Bunny Marguerite Groceries, Barbara Millicent’s (offlist) sister. Bun and Barbara Millicent are estranged, for reasons I haven’t fully fleshed out yet.


Now I’m going to take a break. Probably.

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