Koala

I'm creating a drawing a day, for two years, just for the art of it.
Today's is a koala.
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Fish, I like them and it's my drawing, so there!

I'm creating a drawing a day, for two years, to practice, inspire others and grow as an artist. I am fully fed up doing it at the moment, but I know from experience that if I hang in there I will get interested again soon.

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Shire horse 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 shire horse.
Today's tip: Try to be the shire horse not the racehorse. Press and even artists, like to portray artists as unreliable and flighty, this may be because they wish them harm, or it may be because it makes them interesting to write about,  but ether way, it can sneak into your thinking about art. Forget it! Leave the the fidgeting and kicking to the racehorse. Be the shire horse, get that cart and lean on it, overcome it's resistance to starting, drag it up hill. The beauty of art is, if you do this, you will very soon look behind to see you have left both shire horse and racehorse on the ground, because you have become the kestrel, whipping over uphill ground, now irrelevant to you!

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Fading seahorses​

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is: fading seahorses​. My daughter ( who is interested in conservation) tells me that if men keep fishing them at current rates they will all be gone in 20 years, she is 8, so if we give her 10 years to grow up she will have 10 years to save them, I hope they get some help before then.

Art tip: Care. It hurts but it's worth it. About your art, about your message. Indifference is not self defense, it's self anaesthetic.

If you go back to the derivations aesthetic and anaesthetic are opposites.

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Ferns and water soluble media - experiment 1

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
This is yesterday's that I didn't get done.
Ferns and water soluble media - experiment 1.
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A warrior lass! (Robin)

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a robin.
Cute and pretty but don't be fooled, she is a tough little fighter, not just chasing off rival robins in her territory but sometimes taking on fights with other animals.

Water lily

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a water lily. I'm also very pleased with my new mini paint set! :)

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.

Blossom tree.

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

Today's is a blossom tree.

Also I have photographed all the kit that now goes on my son's pushchair everyday (minus the tablet I took the shot on) so I can create a drawing a day and share it!

It takes a bit of doing when you also have two kids!