That’s Incredible Too!

Posted on December 9, 2015 | 31 Comments

My magazine collage from yesterday helped me create these drawings today in my art journal:

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I mixed up the order from this collage:

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I drew my shapes with a black .01 Micron pen and the shaded with pencil. I like to use a blending stump to shade my pencil.

This exercise helps “train” my eyes to draw the shapes I see and not what I think I see. It also helps me learn how to shade my images to give them dimension.

And it gives me new ideas for my doodles!

I found that I liked the simple shapes best!  What about you?  I’d love to hear what you think!

Happy Drawing!  😄

 

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31 responses to “That’s Incredible Too!”

  1. debiriley | December 9, 2015 at 2:48 am | Reply

    fantastic Jill! this is really awesome, way cool 🙂 cheers! Debi 🙂

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  2. memadtwo | December 9, 2015 at 3:24 am | Reply

    I kind of like that ceramic flower…it has a hand-like quality in the drawing. (K)

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  3. Jodi | December 9, 2015 at 3:52 am | Reply

    I agree. And what a great exercise

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  4. colorpencil2014 | December 9, 2015 at 4:43 am | Reply

    What agreat idea…and you have inspired me already so much that I actually bought a real sketchbook…..xoJohanna

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  5. Laura (Createarteveryday) | December 9, 2015 at 4:48 am | Reply

    Jill, this is one of my favorites of yours! I love it and I think it’s a terrific drawing exercise. Your composition is right on and the flower in the top left stands out for me. I think you have a real gift for drawing and painting them. Way to go! And I’m so glad to see you’ve inspired another sketchbook purchase ^^ !!

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  6. kathydoremus | December 9, 2015 at 5:16 am | Reply

    I agree with Laura – top left stands out to me as well. But I look at the whole page and find it mesmerizing.

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  7. Charlie O'Shields (doodlewash) | December 9, 2015 at 5:46 am | Reply

    Wow!! The drawings turned out awesome Jill! 💕😃I love this idea as a way to focus on forms and not the subject! Cool!

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  8. Sharon Mann | December 9, 2015 at 6:14 am | Reply

    Hi Jill, each one is your small drawings could now be drawn larger and be a work of art on its own. Your experimentation is inspiring, keep it coming!

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  9. Myriam (Myr's Bytes) | December 9, 2015 at 6:52 am | Reply

    I love the variety! What a great idea :-). Your lines and shading are beautiful.

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  10. cubbyholes | December 9, 2015 at 9:20 am | Reply

    Great job! The shading all came out super.

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  11. Laura (Createarteveryday) | December 9, 2015 at 11:17 am | Reply

    PS – I really like the combination of the fine Micron pen with graphite. I really have to try that, very inspiring Jill!

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  12. my messy world | December 9, 2015 at 1:25 pm | Reply

    Oh I love that idea of the collage and then copying and sketching them! Also, the work with the fine felt pen and then shaded with pencil looks really neat! I once did an exercise in a course where the topic was also to train the eye to draw shapes rather than what you see. The exercise consisted into hanging a picture upside down – that’s then exactly what you start doing, copying shapes instead of what you (try to) see! And then in the end we all had pretty stunning sketches 😉

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  13. suzink | December 14, 2015 at 7:56 am | Reply

    I love this! You are really talented in such a wide area of art!

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  14. Minuscule Moments | December 22, 2015 at 12:05 pm | Reply

    Love them all Jill and where you got your inspiration from.

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