WILDLIFE DRAWINGS

Wow...
amazing...
well done :o)

Oh, they are beautiful....my fave is the Cuckoo with Reed Warbler..... very well done!

Absolutely lovely.

They're brilliant. It's a very enjoyable hobby isn't it.

Well done, enjoyed your art work very much.

Brilliant art work Jbardet .....

Thanks all! Yes, it's a great hobby, if time-consuming. I hope to keep it up.

Such Stunning Drawings JB :D

o wow.... I am doing a lot of sketching for my course - but I really would like one day take a course to learn how to draw... beautiful.

You are truely talented! Lovely. :-)))

Wonderful drawings enjoyed them all, such detail put into them too.

WOW they are brilliant, like everyone as, thankyou for showing them to us.

Brilliant pictures!

Clever you :-)

really lovely jb, well done :o)

Thanks again everyone for the encouragement.

Brilliant artist Really fab. Keep it up. Wish I could draw like that.

So glad to see these. What were the tips? Your sensitivity is astounding. I can just feel your touch looking at these. I,too, am an artist and admire this work.

HI Wells, Thanks for your comment on the drawings. I have always been a 'doodler' but when I took the evening course, the teacher demonstrated how you need to draw 'what you see' not 'what you think you see'. This is a very useful discipline, not always easy to do. It requires powers of observation, principally on the effects of light & shade on the subject (or photograph thereof). In the case of coloured pencil drawing (as we did), Sharpness of tip and correct choice of colour are important.

This is very interesting, exactly what I tell my students, and as I was told by my best teacher who taught me to draw and paint. It is just amazing, we look, but we don't really observe all the finer points or even the big point. She always said, do not put in anything except what you see, in the exact same words. I have a student now, who can draw beautifully, which is a handicap, she will not really look and translate. If I give her a round-bellied container, she will draw the generic. We want the specific, that is what makes the ptng. breathe and come alive! I do know this is not the site for Art Lessons. But I am so happy you gave us this message. All the difference. I have been preaching for years, and I hope some will actually look at things, as if they might commit to paper! I think your drawings are amazing, I think colored pencils very difficult. I post my paintings from time to time too.

The greatest requirements (I have found) for drawing/painting, are time & patience. Now I am phasing into full retirement I have started doing more wildlife photography, mainly birds. I have chosen this over art as it has the added benefit of fresh-air & exercise. Photography can teach us a lot about art though, in the way of composition and observing the effects of light & shade on the subject. All this has taught me to be more observant and able to see a good picture more instinctively.