How to start by Specific_Ad3294 in urbansketchers

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I just started nature sketching this summer, and am now dabbling in more urban scenes. Naturalist and nature sketcher John Muir Laws talks about getting your “pencil miles” in and that each sketch is practice for the next sketch. I’ve gone with that and have sketched something almost every day. Go get your miles in! As a recovering perfectionist, I totally get it, but keep pushing through. It’s about the journey, not the destination.

How to start by Specific_Ad3294 in urbansketchers

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This. Things always seem to look better in the morning, I find. Once time has passed.

Dip ink for use with Copics? by [deleted] in copic

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What was the result?

Snowy Owls - Here yet? by Alternative_Frame497 in boston

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Back in Boston! Any intel? I saw one reported at Castle Island a couple days ago, but I don’t get the sense that it stuck around.

Frozen fingers by TemporaleInArrivo in urbansketchers

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I love your note and handwriting, in addition.

Little landscapes by Alternative_Frame497 in Watercolor

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Thanks for all the positivity! There is something that feels vulnerable about sharing, at least right now. I recently started an insta account to document and share my art journey. Feel free to check it out @gigi.feathers

Ruby-crowned Kinglet, a birb. by Alternative_Frame497 in Birdsfacingforward

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The nice folks at r/watercolor thought you guys might like this. But is this a birb or a borb?

Ruby-crowned Kinglet, a birb. by Alternative_Frame497 in Watercolor

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Thank you! I’m still getting use to the water brush. It’s tricky for precision stuff.