Page of rabbits 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 page of rabbits, and a little pencil test in the corner.

Today's tip: Things are not really made of lines, they are areas of colour, and light and shade. Try out a little light and shade, pencils have a range, shown in the corner of the picture, get some nice soft ones (2B, 3B... the Bs are soft) and take some part of the drawing as dark as you can.

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Jasmine drawing (I drew from life)

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is my daughter, drawing. I worked from life and I didn't try to make her sit still, I stopped when she finished her drawing and ran off.
Today's art tip: Work from life sometimes. Photographs are technically easier as they hold still and have already been turned into two dimensions for you, but emotionally harder as you carry the life of the thing, from thing-to photo-to page, not just thing-to page, it can lose some life in the process.
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Masked lady, with and without reference material.

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

Today's is a masked lady done without reference material, and one with.

Good observation is the backbone of good drawing. You should spend more time looking at the thing you are drawing than you do looking at the paper you are drawing on - much more.

If you can't draw the thing it's self, take a photo, if you can't take a photo, get a copyright free photo, or different photos of different parts of it... I hope you find to comparison interesting.

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Apple blossom garden.

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

Today's is the apple blossom and jumble of pots in my mum's back garden.

Daffodil

I am creating a daring a day for a year, just for the art of it. Today I have done daffodils.