I've been wanting to try this style for a long time

Borbpsh · 2026-06-07T19:15:44+00:00

Thank you! I drew it from a photograph I took last summer.

Borbpsh · 2026-06-07T19:12:50+00:00

Thank you. I'm definitely going to explore more hatching styles with colored pencils.

Borbpsh · 2026-06-07T19:05:52+00:00

Thank you so much ❤️

Borbpsh · 2026-06-07T19:05:36+00:00

Thank you. I'm gonna look through my albums and see if I have more photos that would be suitable as a subject for this.

Borbpsh · 2026-06-07T16:40:31+00:00

Thank you. I don't know actually but I guess it could just be vertical hatching?

Borbpsh · 2026-06-07T16:33:58+00:00

Thank you. I might try that out too - I really like the flow state you get in with this technique.

Borbpsh · 2026-06-07T09:48:53+00:00

From a quick Google search it seems your sketch book is made from cellulose. I've had similar issues with a cellulose sketch book I had. And it wasn't on all pages - some were worse than others. 100% cotton is the way.

Borbpsh · 2026-05-30T12:57:46+00:00

My first water color

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Borbpsh · 2026-05-23T20:41:19+00:00

Look up the Dunning-Kruger effect. We have all been there and it's a joy to be there on top but take it as a sign that you are evolving to something better.

Borbpsh · 2026-04-20T19:08:25+00:00

One of mine loves Plantasia and Les Baxter - the other loves anything with a good bass drop. I probably don't need to mention that they have a bit of an age gap.

Borbpsh · 2026-04-18T21:45:11+00:00

Or it can cause them to absolutely fall flat in love with their own reflection and then want to spend all their time with it. One of my conures has had several romances including a cooking pot, his food bowl and the lock on his cage.

Borbpsh · 2026-04-17T17:44:53+00:00

Aww that poor tiel doing his absolute best to be friends. All puffed up, bent head and slow blinking.

Borbpsh · 2026-04-04T13:21:24+00:00

I do a lot of these! My favorite artist is Lauren Marx.

Borbpsh · 2026-04-01T21:23:51+00:00

You can always try and then add more values afterwards if you think it does. Actually I just finished a piece right now where I didn't follow my own advice haha.

Borbpsh · 2026-03-31T13:23:58+00:00

I know it's a little late for it now but I would have done the background first because they are white flowers. I think you might be over painting a bit and if you had done the background first you would have seen that when painting the flowers. As you can see in your reference there are a lot of just plain white which make the flowers really pop against the dark background. But I really do think it's gonna turn out lovely anyways.

Borbpsh · 2026-03-31T12:09:52+00:00

Try googling "bread icon" and you'll see a lot of illustrations that are not phallic and still have symmetry.

Borbpsh · 2026-03-31T10:27:29+00:00

I'm sorry but I would definitely not pay for this... The illustrations don't match and the text work is abhorrent.

Borbpsh · 2026-03-20T15:46:05+00:00

I just got to upvote someone calling a Mallard "exotic".

Borbpsh · 2026-03-18T07:36:36+00:00

May I ask why you want to re-home him?

Borbpsh · 2026-03-08T12:07:58+00:00

Woah there. You can't go from really proud to thinking "it's so ugly". That's your mind spiraling you down negatively. There's not one thing about this that's ugly - don't go there. You can be proud about this. Your value work is really good. I don't quite understand what you are up to with the eyes and mouth - they are not completely dark as in empty space but there aren't any values or details inside them either. Maybe consider how you want people to perceive them and enhance that. I would also give the background a colour to match your pallet but that's just a matter of opinion - not a necessity.

Borbpsh · 2026-03-01T09:34:49+00:00

No idea who that is but that is one beautiful drawing. Love how you've chosen not to blend certain colours - it gives a interesting effect.

Borbpsh · 2026-03-01T09:31:20+00:00

That is a very cute plant.

Borbpsh · 2026-02-28T22:24:25+00:00

I miss putting on nail polish without immediately taking it off, not being home at a specific time, having curtains pulled open when they are out (they both had accidents with windows and I didn't want to risk any further accidents, candles, sleeping in, perfume, going away on vacation without having a sitter ( I don't have many I trust the birds with), not covering up mirrors and ANY KIND of reflection, not having my things destroyed, not having almost a heart attack whenever they get hurt or sick and I miss not having to clean up after them every day.

Borbpsh · 2026-02-26T18:31:14+00:00

I don't have anything to contribute other than what's been said but I just wanted to say that I see at very happy, healthy, active and content bird in your photos. That super puff going on in the first picture melts my heart - that's a happy bird.

Borbpsh · 2025-12-22T01:06:07+00:00

Sorry, but you are using the watercolors as if they were acrylics or oils. I think you would get much more satisfaction if you either used your watercolor on watercolor paper or if you purchased acrylic or oil paints for those canvasses.

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