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I am a long-time art student, and avidly continue my art studies in this blog. However, I have a husband and three small children, so I don't have the free time to make art that I wish I did. This blog contains the stolen scribblings I've made in spare moments. Someday I'll improve!Tags
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Tag Archives: corel painter
Misty raptor, step by step
I sat down to do a little doodle, and doodled a raptor. I seem to default to them when I’m tired. I wondered what to do with it, then thought of James Gurney’s latest post on his blog about How … Continue reading
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Tagged corel painter, dinosaur, light, painting, Step by Step, sunset
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Shunosaurus value study
Working on a value study for my shunosaurus tonight. Trying to figure out where the lights and darks are going to fall. Work done so far: Shunosaurus sketch
Wanderer, step by step
I’ve been staring at really great paintings of clouds lately, and decided I was going to learn to do that. But I’ve had no idea how to grasp cloud structure. They must form shapes, but I’ve never been able to … Continue reading
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Tagged blocked in colors, clouds, corel painter, sketch, sky, sonic the hedgehog, Step by Step
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Portrait practice
I recently found this blog by an artist named Stapleton Kearns, and he posts lectures and comparisons on various old masters, and their techniques. I’ve been reading it closely, because they know how to do all the stuff I want … Continue reading
Bad Hostage Idea: Step by step
I had this picture in my head of Shadow holding Blaze hostage with a gun to her head, for some reason. Upon thinking about it further, I decided to add Silver in there, holding a Chaos Emerald. So we know why Shadow’s willing to bother taking Blaze hostage, not knowing that she’s practically a walking fire elemental. Continue reading
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Tagged blocked in colors, corel painter, shading, sketch, sonic the hedgehog, Step by Step
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Background and details
I worked 3 hours on this pic tonight, and this is how far I got. Especially after I realized that the pic was supposed to be 12″ x 18″, and I was working in 12″ x 8″. Oops. Click for … Continue reading