Showing posts with label sketching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sketching. Show all posts

Friday, May 16, 2025

 Starting out

My initial attempts at drawing and painting were slow and stuttering, often things out of proportion, or colours fairly bland, because I am only learning about layering and finishing (I am still learning so don't shoot me down).

So somethings looked passable, some fairly funny and some painful, but in each I learnt something, even if it was just 'to start again'

So here are my faltering steps....




But I tried and tried and tried and they started getting better...well, I think they are, but then, I once thought I could sing, until I heard the out-of-tune cacophony on the recording...

So the one above improved to this




which I thought was a bit nicer, and now is owned by a friend.



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