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The First 10,000 Bad Drawings

Why must there be so many bad drawings?

Some Other Posts

Another 3D Sphere Tutorial

I've found this site called 'How to Draw Pencil Portraits by Lou Pemberton' which I'm finding quite useful for the basics....
More Hands (and a small confidence crisis...)

Yesterday I was drawing hands. It was going well and I was enjoying it, so I thought I would continue with hands today.
Choosing a Photo to Draw

You lookin' at me? Ol' Lou Pemberton has this to say about choosing a which photo to draw your portrait from..
Oh My God - This is Exhausting!

So far I have done an eye and a nose, and I am mentally exhausted. I have concentrated on this eye and nose much more than I realised an...
Drawing Moving People

Practising with the line of motion and trying to remember proportions of limbs.
Right Side Experiments

An exercise from Drawing from the Right:
Quick Poses
Position and Scale - Portrait Drawing

"Never skip this step; no matter how tedious you may find it, your whole portrait hinges on this one step." Oh... how very d...
Baobab Trees

I'm enjoying drawing trees now, however I feel these trees are being let down as I don't understand how to shade things in ...
Eyes, Nose and Mouth

So I've lain down the main features now. This is how far I am with Lou's tutorial.

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