• philemerson (37)in #art • 5 years ago

  People Sketching 30-day Challenge - Day 9

  I'm really enjoying drawing these people now. I still find the hands and feet challenging but that's the point of doing this challenge - to get better at things I'm not great at…

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• philemerson (37)in #art • 5 years ago

  People Sketching 30-day Challenge - Day 8

  I've fallen a bit behind with posting these. I'll have to get caught up soon! Here's day 8's peep. Drawn using a Lamy Nexx ('A' nib) with a black Lamy T10 cartridge.

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• philemerson (37)in #art • 5 years ago

  People sketching challenge days 10, and 11

  After taking a brief break from the challenge (too much to do, too little time), here's days 10, and 11.

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• philemerson (37)in #art • 5 years ago

  People Sketching 30-day Challenge - Day 7

  This is starting to feel like a good habit. I don't like a day to go by without drawing something now! I managed a bit better with the hands today but to be honest, their…

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• philemerson (37)in #art • 5 years ago

  People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 6

  I enjoyed drawing this one, even if it didn't quite turn out as I'd planned. I still managed to capture the guy's happy gait so I'm okay with it. I do wonder if I'll ever get…

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• philemerson (37)in #art • 5 years ago

  People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 5

  Day five of the 30 day challenge and I'm still doing it... :) This was a challenging pose for me to tackle as there was so much movement involved. This challenge is really…

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• philemerson (37)in #challenge • 5 years ago

  People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 4

  Wow - I made it to four days! Something I'm trying to work on (besides the horror of drawing hands) is being more conservative in my shading. I think I have a tendency to…

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• philemerson (37)in #challenge • 5 years ago

  People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 3

  Here's day 3's submission and I think I'm starting to find it easier to sketch people. Maybe. Drawing the shoes seemed much easier this time around and getting the proportions…

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• philemerson (37)in #challenge • 5 years ago

  People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 2

  I'm still having to push myself to keep drawing and here's day 2's submission. Drawn with a Lamy Nexx (A-nib) with the standard Lamy blue T10 ink-cartridge. This pen was a joy…

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• philemerson (37)in #challenge • 5 years ago

  People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 1

  Off to a flying start with the challenge, here's day 1's submission. Drawn with a Moonman M2 filled with Waterman Harmonious Green ink, I'm not sure the colour really works for…

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• philemerson (37)in #challenge • 5 years ago

  New Sketching people 30-day challenge

  Last year I tried to draw trees for seven days. I failed. Then I decided to do Inktober 2018... and I failed to keep going on that too. Life was just throwing too much at me…

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• philemerson (37)in #art • 6 years ago

  Pen & Ink : Trees ( Day #4 of 7 )

  I've been a bit busy with family commitments over the last week so I've not had chance to draw much. Tonight I took the chance to draw a quick sketch of an oak seedling…

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• philemerson (37)in #art • 6 years ago

  Pen and ink: Trees ( Day #3 of 7 )

  I thought I'd try something new for tree number three. I've never drawn a Joshua Tree before so I thought its spiky foliage would be an interesting challenge... plus a desert…

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• philemerson (37)in #art • 6 years ago

  Pen and ink: Trees ( Day #2 of 7 )

  Continuing on with my personal challenge, here's today's tree. This was a fun (but time-consuming) exercise in hatching and shading. It took about 90 minutes and was drawn…

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• philemerson (37)in #art • 6 years ago

  Pen and ink: Trees ( Day #1 of 7 )

  I love drawing trees so I thought it would be fun to challenge myself to draw a new tree sketch every day for the next week. You never know, it might be longer. :) Today's…

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• philemerson (37)in #art • 6 years ago

  Pen and ink drawing: Two Trees

  I love drawing in ink. I can't be bothered with sketching things out with pencil and carefully inking it afterwards. I like to jump straight in with a pen and see where it takes…

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• philemerson (37)in #photography • 6 years ago

  Photography : Ice Crystals

  We had a cold snap this week here in Scotland which meant we got a bit more snow and some interesting frost formations growing on top of our car. They were so beautiful that I…

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• philemerson (37)in #linux • 6 years ago

  Adding a higher resolution for an external monitor in Ubuntu

  I recently installed Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 on my laptop and for the most part the experience has been awesome. The only thing I've had to 'fix' was when I plugged my external…

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• philemerson (37)in #linux • 6 years ago

  Why I've dumped Windows 10 for Ubuntu Budgie and maybe you should too

  I find using Windows 10 an incredibly frustrating experience. As a web-developer, I switch between different machines for testing and development purposes. I have a Macbook but…

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• philemerson (37)in #daddyblog • 7 years ago

  A handful of vomit and other stories

  It's been an interesting day that started far earlier than I would have liked with my 22 month old daughter crying because she wanted to come into our bed instead of staying in…

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