Feather, flower, whatever

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is a_________.
Today's tip: You don't have to interpret your work for people. They can make up their own minds. If it needs a label to make any sense at all, you failed to communicate anything with the actual artwork. I realise that I just threw the whole school of conceptual art out with that comment, I don't care, you can tell them where I live, I'm ready!
 (In conceptual art the concept is so much more important than the art that the art can even be made by some else and often is, most of it cannot be understood at all without the labels. Most of the Turner Prize stuff is conceptual art.).

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I want to visit this street, somewhere in Spain!

I'm creating a drawing a day, for two years, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is a street in Spain - I got very interested in drawing this!
Today's tip: Work out what is important, you don't have to use every colour, you don't have to draw every window, what HELPS it look better or say more?

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Summer and an art tip.

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

It's summer, it's festival time, it's beach time, it's camping time!
Today's drawing is a summer doodle.
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Tip: Folding up a pop up tent always involves a fleeting moment of panic and a more lasting moment of triumph, most art is like this in my limited experience, I try to persevere to the winning moments.

Highland cattle and my book is out! And an art tip.

I'm creating a drawing a day for two years, just for the art of it.
Today's is Highland Cattle, so common in my native Scotland.
I'm riding a high because I've published my book!!!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PRINCESS-WOLFS-EYES-moving-fantasy-ebook/dp/B071VVMNL5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495315109&sr=8-1&keywords=The+princess+with+wolf%27s+eyes

Today's tip: No such thing as too much creating!
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Hibiscus flowers

I'm creating a drawing a day for two years, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is hibiscus flowers.
Today's tip: Try not to collect too​ many unfinished projects, finish them and get them out to someone or somewhere. Too many unfinished projects or too much finished art still living at your home with you tends to stop you doing more. Give it away, sell it cheap, sling it on eBay, but get it out! Nature abhors a vacuum, if you have a lovely empty wall you are bound to paint a canvas to fill it up! This is hard if you don't have a full time agent waiting eagerly to sell it all for you, I tend to think "I'll keep this good book until I can send it to all the big publishing houses like it deserves." Just get them out, you can write another! Sharing hundreds of drawings for no profit has done me world's of good in terms of practice and inspiration for my paid work. Finish them and get them out to someone! Good luck.

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Girl with wolves eyes, we have three now and I'd really like to know which is best

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's is a fantasy girl with wolves eyes.
Which one is best, of the three?
Today's tip: Don't let them pigeon hole you into only one art form, if it looks fun, try it!  Be a singer on Monday and a writer on Tuesday...What do they know about your limits - nothing!
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Girl with wolves eyes, second attempt.

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's is a fantasy girl with wolves eyes.

Today's tip: Camera phone, take it everywhere and take pictures of ideas. Ross Reece has said this and I agree.
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Pub

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's is inside a pub. (Really it's yesterday's as I didn't manage to draw).
Today's tip: Use every minute. I did this on the back of a paper menu while I waited for my mum who was a few minutes late.
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I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
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Today's is some flowers that spilled over the fence from next door's garden.

Today's tip: I'm not so perfect, I'm giving out advice, that sometimes works for me, in the spirit of help to others. It doesn't mean I always keep to everything I say, don't beat yourself up if you don't either. 😄

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Jaguar and art tip

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is a Jaguar.

Today's tip: Try some coloured papers, and very thick paper that you can use soaking wet!

View over a field at the village of Cowden

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is the view over a field at Cowden Village, Kent, UK.

Today's tip: Materials and what they are, or are good for.
Wax crayons, these will keep watercolours off something, so you can work in wax crayons then watercolours and the wax crayons remain visible.
Hairspray, much cheaper than fancy fixative for fixing on pastel and charcoal, also works better.

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Devon coast 2 and an art tip

I'm creating a drawing a day just, for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's (or perhaps yesterday's as I didn't manage to draw) is boats on the Devon coast.

Today's tip: Some materials and what they are:
Water colours: pigment and sugar, very transparent, non permanent.
Acrylics​: plastic, sticks to lots of things, very permanent. Opaque, can be watered down to be transparent.
Conte crayons, clay and pigment, not as smudgy as chalk pastels.
Water soluble pencils, paint instead of leads.
Inktence pencils, ink instead of leads, spreads further, more inktence.
That's enough for one day.
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Devon coast and tip from Dominic.

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is the Devon coast.

Today's Tip is from Art Director Dominic Roberts.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731027/

Hi, been thinking about this for a while & here's my tip. I hope you haven't used it. This won't help everyone because some people just don't have this problem, but If you're a procrastinator like me the best advice I can give is just to start. Tell yourself you'll do 15 minutes drawing, painting or whatever. Once you've made a start, you'll soon get into it and when you look up from your art you'll see time has flown by and you've probably been working for an hour. So get your art materials out, put on some tunes & get stuck in.

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Irises and an art tip

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is irises.
Today's tip: Try to restrict your colour. Paint boxes come with all these tempting little trays of colour, but it's seldom a good idea to use the green for leaves, brown for trunk, blue for sky, yellow for sun... you end up with too many and it's not harmonious.

I find you can use any colour for anything as long at you restrict the number in each artwork.

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Bluebell and a tip from Andromeda

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is a bluebell done with pen and splashing water on no colour-fast tissue paper. Playing basically! I have included a picture of my process.

Today's tip is from Andromeda Edison

http://www.independentwords.com/

Andromeda Edison I help writers get their books self published and often cheer on a writer to complete their book so I can edit it. 

One thing I often find myself saying is to just write a little every day. To not worry about the selling, what the editor is going to say or anything else. Just concentrate on what they are trying to communicate and communicate it. Don't worry right that second if it is the best you could have done, if the editor is going to change it. Just do it. 

Some of the most beautiful writing I have seen has come from people who are just telling their story.

Grey-white owl and shadow black cat.

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is: The grey-white owl and the shadow black cat met at the edge of the forest and listened, and listened, and listened...

Today's tip is: Don't be lazy, many things can be done with a fat brush and a scribbled line (like this one) but sometimes you have to draw every leaf - do it, people will gasp at the sheer hours you put in. (I pretty much save this for my textile design, as I tend to do the drawing a day in the night).
http://enchantedtextiledesign.blogspot.co.uk
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Birds in flight and tip from Lee

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is birds in flight.
Today's tip is from actor director Lee Purcell.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002517/bio

Lee Purcell This is actually harder than I thought , as during a lifetime ( still going strong) of art, I have gone through several evolutions of how I create art and several different types of art. I think my best tip (s) ( at least for today) is be true to yourself as an artist, don't be afraid to experiment and discard those experiments. When your heart and breath beat faster and you're experiencing what might be considered fear it's really excitement and adrenaline and you're on the right track. Try many different forms and genres of art, you might just surprise yourself. And remember, you can pursue more than one type of art at a time! One last thing, don't think you can run away from being an artist because you can't, it'll just chase you down and jump in your face until you give up and just be an artist.

Here be dragons!

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is a dragon.
Today's tip: practice! Study or work out how something is done and then practice, I can't overstate the value of it. Do it until you never want to see it again and then your a third of the way there! I sort of knew this but drawing every day for 476 days has taught me it better. I have not progressed so much as an artist since University (where I also got made to draw every day). After all, wouldn't you like to get gasp-worthy good at something before you die?
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More apple blossom

I'm creating a drawing a day, for two years, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is more apple blossom, there is tone of it in the garden just now.
Today's tip: Spend some time on organising. This is especially true if you want to make money from your art, but still worthwhile if it's art for fun. Put materials where you can find them and see that you have a clear surface to work on... eliminate the excuse "I would work but I've no space, my space is not set up, my space is being used as a dog house..."

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Sea

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is a seascape.
Today's tip is: semetrical is usually not best, put things in groups of three and five(whole objects or just dark parts of a whole). Put horizons in any part of the page that is not the middle.

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