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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 27

Day 27/Lesson 27 – Lettering in Two-Point Perspective. Final lesson on perspective, this time doing some lettering. I can remember doing this freehand on my school books back in the day when we had cardboard book covers on our books. … Continue reading

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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 26

Day/Lesson 26 – A City in Two-Point Perspective. Lots of drawn guide lines and then erasing of them, lots of shading. I think I could effectively draw a city block at this point and slip in details. Only 4 drawing … Continue reading

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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 25

Getting down to the last 5 days now. Getting close to the end of the book. Tonight was doing more two-point perspective and drawing a castle. I embellished some with the flag and mountains and grass. Does it seem like … Continue reading

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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 24

Day/Lesson 24 – A Tower in Two-Point Perspective. Taking a step deeper into perspective, tonights drawing is using two perspectives on the horizon line. Pretty cool. Enjoyed this one.

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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 23

Continuing with the one-point perspective, today’s Lesson 23 was A City in One-Point Perspective. Like the other lesson, I enjoyed this one as well. I added a sunset and clouds to enhance the sketch. I also turned the sketch pad … Continue reading

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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 22

Day/Lesson 22 – A Room in One-Point Perspective. Thoroughly enjoyed this one. Right angles, rulers and preciseness. The engineer in me hearkened back to shop class and drafting.

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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 21

Trees. when I think of Trees I think of the Rush song on the Hemispheres album. Day/Lesson 21 was Trees, or more specifically a tree. I’m happy with the upper branches and the shading there. Not that enthused with the … Continue reading

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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 20

Day/Lesson 20 – Volcanoes, Craters and a Cup Coffee. This was a fairly enjoyable draw and kept me busy for an hour. More foreshortening of circles and shading. How’d I do?

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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 19

Walk like an Egyptian. This Day/Lesson 19 was The Pyramid. And shading. Cause you know… its hot in the shade, in the desert, where pyramids are. This was a fun draw, probably because I like straight lines and hard shapes … Continue reading

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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 18

Knocked out two lessons tonight, so be sure to check Day 19 as well. Day/Lesson 18 was The Scroll. Taking Lesson 17 and turning flags into scrolls. It came out ok. Getting the hang of shading.

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