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I’m Chuck. I am retired as of December 31, 2023. I like playing guitar, listening to music, recording music, reading books and comic books, portrait and toy photography, writing and playing Pokemon Go. I don’t miss work at all.
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 17
Day/Lesson 17 – Rippling Flags. Not much to say, Contouring and shading to create flags whipping in the wind.
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 16
Day/Lesson 16 – The Wave. Using curling contours, tonight’s lesson was to draw a wave. This brought back memories of me drawing a crashing wave (bottom right) all over my school notebooks when I lived in Puerto Rico and was … Continue reading
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 15
Only one lesson today, Day/Lesson 15. We are at the half way point. Seeing as how it is the 16th of January, I am about one day behind where I want to be. Next weekend I should catch up. This … Continue reading
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 14
Day/Lesson 14. Second one today. This one was drawing a Lily. How’d I do? Also included is a side sketch of a Funko Pop Demogorgon from Stranger Things.
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 13
Day/Lesson 13. Not gonna lie, this was hard. It was just simple cubes but trying to get the foreshortening perspective working was tough when combining into a simple house. I’ve got a mountain of eraser shavings from the constant re-drawing … Continue reading
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 12
Lesson 12, getting into physical reality by constructing with cubes. Not the best house I could probably draw but working on it. Not really happy with the roof. And looking at it now, probably should have that interior a little … Continue reading
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 11
Lesson 11 – More cylinders. More shading. Nothing more to say. This one took a good hour to complete.
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 10
1/3 of the way through this challenge/adventure. Day 10 was THE CYLINDER. Getting the basics down. Again, lots of shading to try and make things look 3D on a 2D piece of paper. I bought a couple of Pentel mechanical … Continue reading
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 9
This lesson was The Rose. This lesson took at least an hour to complete. There was some pre-drawing practice and then the final drawing of a rose. Again, these are not life accurate drawings. They are presented to teach methods … Continue reading
You Can Draw in 30 Days – Day 7
Almost caught up. Today is the 9th of January and I completed lesson 7. So I’m 2 days behind my plan to complete by the end of January. Day 7 lesson was Advanced-Level Cubes. Basically taking what was learned on … Continue reading
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