Duckling 03 (colored pencils)

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I drew a third (and final) duckling, with Polychromos colored pencils, on light grey Pastelmat paper.

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I hope you like it.

(Duckling 01: Again: Duckling 01 (colored pencils) )
(Duckling 02: Duckling 02 (colored pencils) )

Progress pictures:

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Oh, Bea! Your little ducks get lovelier and lovelier with each rendering. Beautiful!

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This one is so funny! I like that you’ve gone for a non-standard pose, that shows so much character, movement, LIFE!

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Your realism keeps leveling up (so good!) but I also love how scrolling back through the in-progress shots makes the duckling disappear like the cheshire cat. :grin:

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Thank you very much, @wittychild, @Magpie and @thanate !

I think it’s the choice of my reference pictures that made the beauty of my drawings go up.
I’m very happy with how all three of them turned out.

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Don’t sell yourself short- I can look a a reference picture for weeks and not get a fraction of this on paper.

Gorgeous work! I think this one is my favorite!

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So much personality! Your ducks are darling.

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Thank you, @Bunny1kenobi and @endymion !

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Its little face! And that foot!

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The best yet! You’re so darn talented and I honestly cannot fathom what wizardy you’re using to turn colored pencil into that level of depth and detail. I love seeing your process…even as I despair of ever having that much patience.

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Wow I love it sooooooooooooooo much. I think it would be so amazing seeing peoples art in a book. Everyone does such amazing stuff it would make a great collection of photos for people to see everyone’s stuff.

It always blows me away.

This little duck is another one that just rocks my world!

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Aw, thanks @TheMistressT, @Tapestry and @Zimbaly !

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This little dude is going places!
It looks like he’s going to step right out of the page.

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Thank you, @Tanath !

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:exploding_head: :fire: :heart: :bomb: :dizzy::exploding_head: :fire: :heart: :bomb: :dizzy::exploding_head: :fire: :heart: :bomb: :dizzy: Hot dang! Your wondrous project is Featured this week! :exploding_head: :fire: :heart: :bomb: :dizzy::exploding_head: :fire: :heart: :bomb: :dizzy::exploding_head: :fire: :heart: :bomb: :dizzy:

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Aw, thank you, @TheMistressT !

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OMG what a wonderful little duckling!!!

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Thanks, @MamaRhi !

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Just WOW! I love the pose and all of the layering you did. The progress pics are so cool, you can see him coming to life.

I hope you framed him and have him up for display!

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Thank you very much, @photojenn !
Nope, my drawings are sitting in one of those A4 folders with plastic sleeves (just like my watercolor paintings).