Rose

I'm creating a drawing a day, for two years, for practice and fun, to see what I learn by it.
Today's is a rose. (Actually yesterday's)
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Landscape with white line

I'm creating a drawing a day, for two years, just for the art of it.
What other things last two years?
Today's is a landscape.
Where does it look like to you?
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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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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 flowers.
Today's tip: Ideas beget ideas, don't save your best ideas up for some unknown future when you will have run out or can charge more or whatever, work on your best ideas today and you will have more, better than your previous best.

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Feathers

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

Feathers

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is feathers. If you are interested in how I did it I have included a photo of the little stamp I made.
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Tulips with pencil and nerd paint

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is tulips with pencil and nerd paints. Actually yesterday's as I missed a day. What are nerd paints? Paints made by games workshop for painting little miniature elves and such. They are made to very high specifications!
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Confession of a cheating scoundrel!

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

I started on the 16th of January 2016 after seeing Dominic Roberts doing it and filled some days backwards to get the year full. I had no idea why I was doing it beyond it sounded fun.
Now I have very clear ideas what it does. It helps me by teaching me dicapline and practice and I get some creative time each day which keeps the rubbish out of my head a bit. For my friends, it shares a bit of beauty and some of my ideas, it's communication.

Sometimes I put a filter on a pic that makes it look better, sometimes I miss one and do it the next day, sometimes I use other art I was doing anyway but yesterday was the first time I really cheated! I found a drawing form 2016 I had never shared and as I was sick but didn't want to draw twice I shared it! There, I'm clean now!

Here is the drawing I owe from yesterday.

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! :)

Calligraphy butterfly with a brush

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a calligraphy butterfly, yesterday's concept, with a bit more of whatever it was it needed, probably giving a **it, I was pretty exhausted yesterday.

Also I had some excellent advice, a girl needs a master calligrapher to turn to in times of stress! :)

Dragonfly

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

Today's is a dragonfly.

Flowers

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

Today's are some flowers.

Myself in an arts and crafts style.

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

Today's is a self portrait in an arts and crafts or art nouveau style.

Thanks to Klimt for a lifetime of pleasure.

This style was much criticised in its day for being "pretty" but I'm a fabric designer, I already sold out long ago by those standards, I like a bit of pretty in my life, not all art has to be political.

Be like Picasso and do everything from political protest paintings to affordable fabrics!

Butterfly with tipex

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

Today's is a butterfly with mixt media, including tipex.

Watercolour butterfly.

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

Today we went to the butterfly garden at The Natural History Museum.

Irises

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

Mexican day of the dead skull.

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

Today's is a day of the dead skull, Mexican style.

Flowers

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

So tired after having my daughter's birthday party I fell asleep reading her a story, but somehow I woke up and drew!

Loch Lomond drawing and film.

I'm creating a drawing a day for the art of it.
Today's is Loch Lomond, very close to where I was born.

Here is a film of me drawing.

https://youtu.be/J1oK5-GkuN0

Spring blossom

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

I got excited about spring today and created this.