How to ink group run through week 6

burvantill

I saw a Great Blue Heron in my yard today holding a very fat gopher in his beak. I stood and watched for a few minutes while the heron proceeded to try and shake the little fatty to death and while the little fatties legs were running wildly in hopes of escape. It took a really long time and I had the thought in my head of the gopher looking at the heron with disgust that he couldn’t just finish it already.

burvantill

@chrisaakins These are really good. I like how you did the wood. I was just using lines but your right, there is a texture of grain lines within the wood lines. Nice job

chrisaakins

@burvantill thanks!

Coley

@Erin-Cortese wow this is super impressive!

demotlj

@burvantill What’s the end of the story? Did the heron actually eat the gopher? And by gopher, do you mean what we mean here in NY by gopher - a woodchuck? I can’t imagine our herons attempting to eat woodchucks. I’m so intrigued by this story.

Erin.Cortese

@burvantill I feel bad for the gopher , but I love your drawings. I really like the contour lines on the small tree and rootball!

Erin.Cortese

@Coley Thank you!!

burvantill

@demotlj He ate it. The gophers in California are bigger than a hamster but smaller than a guinea pig, or the size of a large russet potato . He shook it about for a while until it stopped wiggling then swallowed it whole like he would a fish. It’s amazing to watch them hunt. They move so slow right up until they strike, almost like a snake. And if they miss they act like a cat that fell off a table, “I totally meant to do that”
@Erin-Cortese I think you would feel differently if you could see what they do to your yard.

braden H

@demotlj said in How to ink group run through week 6:

@chrisaakins Thanks. I hope Braden decides to do the class on light and shadow next because I’m totally guessing the cast shadows.

We'll see I might do the 'how to draw anything' course since it reinforces a LOT of what we learned here and I think I really need to hammer a lot of this home.

braden H

I gotta make myself a style sheet for things like rock, wood and such,

demotlj

@Braden-Hallett I'll join just about any class you choose because this has been a great way of learning. Besides, I'm not only learning about drawing, I'm learning about marmots and pocket gophers!

braden H

Tryin' to put it all together with my dailies

burvantill

This is my last post until October. I am going hiking on mountains. I am bringing a sketchbook so we’ll see how much I get accomplished.
Thankyou @Braden-Hallett for starting this group. I’ve had fun and am looking forward everyone’s inktober projects.
PS I’m still working out those dang balloons. Lol

braden H

@burvantill Have fun hiking in the mountains!

I'm glad you got a lot out of this course. I think we've all come a long way

demotlj

My extra credit homework — a drawing of my grand-niece. Still not completely happy with the face but it was good practice inking. (In Procreate)

demotlj

@burvantill Love this work. Have fun hiking.

DaveLeekArt

@Erin-Cortese amazing work! These all look so good.

chrisaakins

@burvantill @Erin-Cortese @Braden-Hallett @demotlj @Coley @Bricz-Art @xin-li @Aleksey and anyone else! Bryan the girl now has a class on cross hatching in SVS learn! Remember when we were all frustrated with hatching? Way back when...

braden H

@chrisaakins I'm gonna check out that course sooner rather than later!

I think from day to day I'm gonna pick a texture to work on and apply it to all the shapes.

Maybe I'll make the shapes bigger...

Erin.Cortese

@burvantill I know what you mean about the gophers, this summer I found myself yelling at rabbits for stealing my pea seedlings. I probably sounded like a maniac!