DrawingDad11

Giver of Life

The Indomitable (Summer 2024)

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drawingdad11's Sketchbook

  • The Resilient (Spring 2025)
  • The Indomitable (Summer 2024)
  • Sharing the Knowledge
  • Giver of Life
  • Dimensional Dominator
  • The Relentless
  • The Relentless
  • Basics Brawler
  • Basics Brawler
  • Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants

  • Drawing Prompt: A Reversal of Fear

  • Drawing Prompt: Like Clowns in a Bank

  • Drawing Prompt: Between Two Slices

  • Drawing Prompt: Dead or Alive

  • History and a study of ellipses

  • Drawing with my kids

  • DAB- year in review

  • Connecting the dots

  • Rotated Spheres

  • Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction

  • 50%-ing with texture

  • 250 Box Challenge

  • Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

  • Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

  • 250 Box Challenge

  • 1st attempt at 250 boxes... prior to instructions

  • Follow up on last prompt "close your eyes "

  • Drawing Prompt: Close your Eyes

  • Drawing Prompt: The Future of Shopping

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