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Acrylic color Mixing, I think I got the right color there in the Edwards book, is amazing how important is quantity of each pigment at the time of combining them, bottom left is what I got when I over used orange and it turned again into orange, eating all yellow I have put on the mixing before.


Color Concept paintings, really fun to do and really quick!

Keep ON!

Doctor Whos 6th Doctor (Colin Baker)




Getting to another Doctor today... Colin Baker! How can you not love his bright, patchwork outfit? Genius! If there are any other important variations of him to draw, let me know.

Just one more Doctor left to do I think...

UPDATE!
Benjamin has done a great remix of my Fight Club Brad Pitt to bring you a World War Z Pitt that I wanted to share. Thanks Ben!

Today Im displaying some of the beautiful Jennifer makes and displays under the name August Wren. I absolutely love her paintings, and its a treat to visit her blog - its so fresh and joyful. She recently submitted a very yummy illustrated recipe to TheyDrawAndCook, where we are fellow artists now, and I am very proud to say that I was her teacher in JustDrawIt!, which she joined to add some extra drawing skills to her very advanced painting techniques. It was great to see her results in class, as her eye for shapes, shades and spaces resonates in the drawings.














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Today in my Inspiration Station, Id like to show you some awesome paintings! Jodi Wiley has become an online friend of mine in the past few years. She was one of the first people I started following, and who followed me. Even though on the other side of the world, we closely follow each others development, growth and creative outbursts. Jodi has recently been asked for several exhibitions, and hopefully there will be many more to come. She is intrigued by trees and so she paints them. I am always excited to see a photo of earth coloured dots of paint on her instagram feed - the beginning of a new tree painting!

Here is a few of her tree paintings:



Make sure to have a look at her sketch blog as well - she makes aweome things, and so do her daughters!
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This is the last part of this how to draw cats tutorial series. Last time I covered how to draw cat paws, and before that I gave a tutorial on how to draw cat faces/heads. I also made some how to draw cats video tutorials. Today Im going to cover how to combine cat heads and paws with cat bodies to create cat poses. Lets get to it!




Art Type: Traditional or Digital
Im Using: Photoshop CS4 and an Intuos 4

I used references to guide these drawings. I suggest using references as well, especially if youre drawing an animal that you havent practiced with much, or if you want a realistic style.

You can click the images below to see them larger.

1. Draw the basic shapes to form the head, chest, torso, and rear. Keep in mind that cats are longer than they are tall. They are also very graceful, so are best drawn with curving lines in mind.
2. Add the guide lines to the face and add the ears, muzzle, and eye.
3. Add the legs and tail. You cant see the hind leg on the other side of the body.
4. Either half erase your guide drawing, or draw on a new layer if working digitally. Detail the face.
5. Detail the body. Dont forget the little lines on the paw facing us that show where the claws retract.  Erase the guide drawing.

How to Draw a Cat Lying Down