Our SVS Virtual Studio AUGUST🌻2019

Erin.Cortese

@Braden-Hallett I was thinking my 7 year old would love this if it were a graphic novel. Sadly he judges very strongly on illustrations and will not even give a book a chance if he doesn’t like the look of it. This would pass his test for sure!

braden H

@Erin-Cortese That's good to hear

braden H

Callin' it done.

Now I just need to do this 60-70 more times.

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demotlj

Here’s the actual cow I was doing before @Braden-Hallett blew me away with his cow and chicken on a spaceship. The composition isn’t great because I was doing it just to practice some line and wash but it’s a cow, or actually it’s a bull....and a calf, a woodchuck, a baby woodchuck instead of a chicken, and he is drinking coffee not eating cheese, and they are on a farm not on a spaceship, and there are no banjos in sight, but other than that it’s just like Braden’s painting

Aaron_T

Started out doodling The Dude in a meeting and decided I had to finish it.

Doesn't particularly look like Jeff Bridges but considering it was just for fun I'm okay with it.

braden H

@demotlj I require more cheese, banjos and spaceships.

Demand, in fact

braden H

DOOOOOOONE!

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Aaron_T

@Braden-Hallett I love this and completely missed the origin story. So fun!

demotlj

@Braden-Hallett Stupendous! When will you be putting this up for sale?

Coley

@Braden-Hallett this.is.freaking.awesome!!!!!!!!

Coley

Just finished. Whew.

Heather Boyd

@Braden-Hallett

And here I thought it was done already. That cow is sooo proud of her utter.

MikeCañas

@Coley
Really nice rim light on the characters!

Su

@Coley WOW! That's so good! Love your composition!

Coley

@MikeCañas thank you so much! It was a scary experiment LoL! I liked the way it came out though. Thanks again

Coley

@Su thank you!

karolifo

@xin-li I like the watercolour coloured pencils combination too I usually do a light layer in watercolour first (usually a warm yellow) then fill in larger shapes in watercolour, and draw on top in coloured pencils. I really like my Derwent colorsoft coloured pencils - they blend nicely, and come in a lot of nice colours.

demotlj

@Braden-Hallett Dear Professor Hallett, here is my completed assignment. Please excuse the rough work but I have been overwhelmed lately with homework from my “How to Ink” class with Dr. Hallet. He is a demanding teacher. I hope, however that you will find this acceptable. Sincerely, Harassed Student.

JerrySketchyArt

Professor Hallett will push you to the limits.

I'm still doing the draw 100 somethings with elephants for my daily challenges. Over 2/3 of the way there! Woohoo!

xin li

@karolifo thank you so much for the tips. I will definitely try these.
One question: does Derwent colorsoft coloured pencil works on dark background? (e.g. using white color pencil to get highlight, or lighter lines on top of a darker shapes). I have seen these effects in other people's illustrations, but when I try to do it with a few fable castell colored pencils I got, it did not work out so well. I am wondering if I have chosen the wrong type of color pencil, or maybe that type of results is done with some other art supplies.