Generally, I have a “heavy” hand when I draw: my lines are thick and dark. Somehow I managed a lighter touch with this sketch.
Spray water bottle
Purple spray water bottle
Spray Bottle, Sketch 008
Spray Bottle, Sketch 008
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Fiction Friday: Friendly Warning
Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Friday Fictioneer prompt. Copyright Melanie Greenwood
Friendly Warning
Nigel said, “Friendly warning: The maze has its own ideas.”
“Sure, old man,” Julian snickered. Seems Nigel has lost it.
Julian walked into the maze, planning to start in the middle. Something jostled his shoulder as he raised the trimmer, making him drop it. Retrieving it, he stood up and found the maze walls were now towering above him.
What’s this about? Julian wondered.
Retracing his path to exit the maze, Julian found no opening, only an impenetrable barricade blocking his way, darkening the sky.
“Nigel,” Julian called. “Nigel!” Julian screamed, again and again until he could scream no more.
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Beete Mask, Sketch 007
Beete Mask: Ram (Bata) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Recognizable, mostly
Beete Mask: Ram (Bata)
Sketch 007
Beete Mask: Ram (Bata) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979.
Cloudy Sunset
We received over five inches of rain in January. That meant lots of clouds.
Cloudy January sunset
Duck Statuette, Sketch 006
From hubby’s duck collection.
One-footed duck
Duck statuette
I left out the bottom of the statuette; it looked hard to draw. Well, everything looks hard to draw. Now that I see the photo and the sketch together, I see a number of things to do differently. The head is tilted too low. I have the dark and the light in opposite places on the chest and side. The foot is also tilting down too much. Hmm, learn something new everyday, right? (Which is the point of all this!) The goal is to see these things the first time around and then sketch.
Sketch 006
