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.

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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.

Birds in the apple blossom 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 (actually yesterday's, sorry) drawing is birds in the apple blossom.

Today's art tip is: learn a little bluffers vocabulary, so if it looks like a kid did it that's "deliberately nieve" and if it's scruffy and lines everywhere that's "sketchy and energetic" if you can't even tell what it's supposed to be that's "experimenting with abstraction". This goes over very will with, teachers, lecturers and public alike as they don't want to be the only one in the room who does not get it. You can also get a friend to stand by you and nod wisely at all your comments for extra credibility!
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Two Craines and an art tip from me.

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

Today's drawing is two cranes.
Today's tip is: Try to help others, think of them as your future CONTACTS not your future competition. Also helping is rewarding and inspiring in itself.
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Two birds

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is two birds on a twig.

This is a collage. A work made from sticking things together, from the French, to glue.

Two cocks facing off!

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is two cocks facing off. They will make up their minds who is boss and then one will go elsewhere. Without people forcing them most animals prefer to avoid a fight.

Swallow and her teenage chick.

I love birds. Here is the sort of drawing that would have been beyond difficult before photography was invented. To think some artists committed suicide because photography had "replaced them"! I find it such an aid to photograph things too, even if I'm mainly working from life.