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If your internet searches look anything like mine, you've probably seen this floating around: Originally posted on the website of Finale: The...

OK, for today, I did a full body. Probably should have left the face blank. :-) Practiced a hand and a couple of shoes. With essentially a...

I thought I'd better practice at shoes for a bit. Yes, I know they are profile (easiest) and not very good, but the point is to practice. I only...

May have bitten off a bit more than I could chew today. :-) I thought I'd look at the pic again and see how well I could do reproducing it. I...

Back to faces. Tried a couple of faces, then tried capturing the face of The Creeper from Jeepers Creepers. I've never seen any of those...

Thought I'd do another still life of a skull. So, still face related. The proportions are a little different. Probably in part because the skull...

More faces. Tried a different tutorial following the same basic concepts as before. I didn't really mean her to look like an ancient Peruvian, but...

Back in May I wrote a little entry based on a letter from Teller to an upcoming Magician. The gist of that was to find heroes outside of haunting...

Faces! I knew going in this was going to be rough, but I figure i'm almost halfway through this experiments and I'd better start trying to do faces,...

Switched to a simpler candlestick. Then I added a skull. I actually think I am getting worse? Maybe it's just not my day. Here's my...

I thought I'd start with yesterday's picture and just continue it this time, trying to find all the shapes and shadows to add some depth to those...

I decided to do a new drawing of the same JoL today. This is what I got done in 35 minutes after warm-ups: This is the angle I was looking at...

Well, I burned through my 45 minute practice session and really did not even get 1/2 way through my JoL. Here's what I got done: . Here's...

I was making some stuff yesterday and this morning I thought I'd try my hand at drawing one of those pieces. This is about 30-40 minutes of drawing,...

As I try to get more detail in my drawing, I find it is taking longer. However, I believe I am "seeing" more and finding ways to correct my...

Slime! It adds a certain "ickiness" to just about anything. If you need your set, mask, or prop to have permanent "goo", you might try Gorilla...

Thought I'd work on sketching some of the things I see around me. Taking advantage of the stark angle of the sunlight. What did you do...

Thought I'd work on some still life, see how that goes. What did you do today? Happy Haunting!

Still trying to gain control. I guess after a couple of weeks I'll try really tough stuff like clothes and faces - I do not expect to be Rembrandt,...

I figure you can't expect to see dramatic improvement overnight. Playing with rocks, shapes, shading. Hoping to learn what I need to take...

Hmmm... Is a daily log too much? Well, I guess, anyone interested can just skip it. ;-) Here are my warm ups and practice sketches from today. ...

OK, so here's my Day 2 entry. I did the same warm ups as yesterday - connecting dots with ellipses, connecting dots with straight lines, filling in...

OK, Yesterday I skimmed some "how to draw" books and watched 3-4 videos. Presumably, this gave me enough to get started and to "self edit" I got...

Is there something you really want to learn but haven't got the time? I have about 100 skillsets I'd love to learn. No matter what it is, it's...