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Acrylic on wood

Charcoal on wood

Colored pencil on toned tan paper

Drawing Prompt Submission

A quick painting and birthday gift for someone I'm very close with. The week is almost done, just in time for it to start again. Here's to the fact that I'll finally get to do double backs on Saturday, and that's getting me through the week. I don't know, today has been great and horrible all at once. I feel like I need to catch my breath, but I can't.

I suppose this was just a tester/practice piece? My first actual still life from observation and my first time actually using charcoal (yes, I've never truly used charcoal before. Charcoal and pastels are two things I avoid. Their looseness and freeness scare me, considering how rigid I can be). Not sure how to feel about this one. I'm my worst critic, and I've known that for a long time now. There's a lot of practice and progress to be made, but it turned out half-way decent.

Just a girl.

Sometimes the flow of curved lines are what I feel good to me. I just let the pen go.

Pen and ink on mixed media paper

36 Days of the Via Francigena pilgrim walk recorded in sketch form, 1000 miles of drawing.

Black and white, graphite (pencil) sketchbook portrait.

Portrait drawn in krita.

Fungus, fungus, everywhere.

My new style of Zentangle art.

Black and white, graphite (pencil) sketchbook portrait.

Ampersand

This shambling creature haunts the fetid marshlands and is a protector of the birds and beasts who reside there. He's ancient, the last of his kind and a gentle soul who would much rather hide under the sticky mud than come face to face with a stranger.