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!

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.

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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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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Campervan, what do the signs say?

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is a campervan collage.
Today's tip: Whatever else you do art for, teaching, making money, political messages, to win a contest... don't forget to do it for joy.
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Tulip 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 tulip.
Today's art tip: Don't be afraid to wreck it! You can always do another, or photograph it or scan it then be brave. This drawing was a bit dull so right at the end I just decided "Let's wreck it and see!" Now I like it. See the dull version below.
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Dylan

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is my son Dylan.
Today's tip: It's more important that the colour work well together, than that it have anything to do with the subject. I have drawn my son with a brown and a blue pen. They look good together and have nothing to do with my pink and blond son!
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Kingfisher and art tip.

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a kingfisher.

I'm also now offering an art tip every day.

Today's tip: Create as you go. The realm of imagination is a perfect place where anything is possible, the material world is not! Try not to create a perfect art work in your mind and then unfavourably compare it with an attempt to "copy" it on paper, that is the way to hate everything  you create, start an unfinished idea and create it as you work in the real world. One day the technology will exit to put your imagination straight onto the page, till then give those finished ideas a kiss and wave them off to the clouds.

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Three shells on brown paper.

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

Today's are shells.

Drawing number 96! Magnolia flowers with the light behind them.

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.
Today's are magnolia blossoms.