EDM #193 - Extreme Close-Up

Weekly Challenge:
"Draw a small part of an everyday object, but not the whole thing. The fun comes from guessing from each other's drawings what the object is."



Can you guess what it is???

Read what the folks in the EDM group guessed here.

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The next version started as my original sketch using colored pencils. It just wasn't melting my butter so I abandoned it early on for the pen and ink version. I was going to toss it but decided to use it for watercolor practice instead.

Blue Trees

Original pen and ink drawing in the sketchbook:



Copy - painted with watercolors and re-inked:

New Art Supplies

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...or how to make something out of nothing. I had a few tiny doodles that I liked on two whole pages of crap. I cut them out, glued them in the big sketchbook, and went wild with pens and colored pencils. There is actually more color on the page than shows up on this scan. I need a better scanner.

Quicky Triplets

A quick digital doodle as an illustration for "Baby Wrangling."

Tiny Watercolor Doodles

Still experimenting with watercolors. I can't seem to reconcile myself to the fact watercolor paintings should have soft edges. I like black lines, really I do.

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each about 2" x 2" on copy paper
watercolors and Pigma Micron 005 pen

Autumn Leaves

EDM #191 - Paper Money

For EDM Challege #191 - Draw Some Paper Money

My favorite bits:

Both of these portraits are smaller than a thumbprint.







Backstory at "Touch the Money"

Texting

Backstory at "Text Life"