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Phil
@philemerson
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Web-developing inky-doodler with an awesome wife and kids.
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philemerson
art
2019-08-08 21:00
People Sketching 30-day Challenge - Day 9
I'm really enjoying drawing these people now. I still find the hands and feet challenging but that's the point of doing this challenge - to get better at things I'm not great at (I prefer drawing the natural
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art
2019-08-08 19:52
People Sketching 30-day Challenge - Day 8
I've fallen a bit behind with posting these. I'll have to get caught up soon! Here's day 8's peep. Drawn using a Lamy Nexx ('A' nib) with a black Lamy T10 cartridge.
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art
2019-08-05 00:32
People sketching challenge days 10, and 11
After taking a brief break from the challenge (too much to do, too little time), here's days 10, and 11.
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philemerson
art
2019-07-22 18:16
People Sketching 30-day Challenge - Day 7
This is starting to feel like a good habit. I don't like a day to go by without drawing something now! I managed a bit better with the hands today but to be honest, their position made them fairly easy
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art
2019-07-21 02:23
People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 6
I enjoyed drawing this one, even if it didn't quite turn out as I'd planned. I still managed to capture the guy's happy gait so I'm okay with it. I do wonder if I'll ever get the hang of hands though.
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philemerson
art
2019-07-20 10:16
People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 5
Day five of the 30 day challenge and I'm still doing it... :) This was a challenging pose for me to tackle as there was so much movement involved. This challenge is really helping me think about how the
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challenge
2019-07-20 10:02
People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 4
Wow - I made it to four days! Something I'm trying to work on (besides the horror of drawing hands) is being more conservative in my shading. I think I have a tendency to over-shade my drawings, making
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challenge
2019-07-19 18:32
People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 3
Here's day 3's submission and I think I'm starting to find it easier to sketch people. Maybe. Drawing the shoes seemed much easier this time around and getting the proportions right seemed more intuitive.
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challenge
2019-07-19 18:22
People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 2
I'm still having to push myself to keep drawing and here's day 2's submission. Drawn with a Lamy Nexx (A-nib) with the standard Lamy blue T10 ink-cartridge. This pen was a joy to draw with, even on the
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challenge
2019-07-19 17:57
People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 1
Off to a flying start with the challenge, here's day 1's submission. Drawn with a Moonman M2 filled with Waterman Harmonious Green ink, I'm not sure the colour really works for the subject but I wanted
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challenge
2019-07-19 17:49
New Sketching people 30-day challenge
Last year I tried to draw trees for seven days. I failed. Then I decided to do Inktober 2018... and I failed to keep going on that too. Life was just throwing too much at me, constantly that I felt I just
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art
2018-03-16 00:13
Pen & Ink : Trees ( Day #4 of 7 )
I've been a bit busy with family commitments over the last week so I've not had chance to draw much. Tonight I took the chance to draw a quick sketch of an oak seedling sprouting from the mulch of the
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art
2018-03-08 14:49
Pen and ink: Trees ( Day #3 of 7 )
I thought I'd try something new for tree number three. I've never drawn a Joshua Tree before so I thought its spiky foliage would be an interesting challenge... plus a desert tree in the Mojave Desert
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art
2018-03-06 02:59
Pen and ink: Trees ( Day #2 of 7 )
Continuing on with my personal challenge, here's today's tree. This was a fun (but time-consuming) exercise in hatching and shading. It took about 90 minutes and was drawn with my Lamy Safari fountain
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art
2018-03-04 01:37
Pen and ink: Trees ( Day #1 of 7 )
I love drawing trees so I thought it would be fun to challenge myself to draw a new tree sketch every day for the next week. You never know, it might be longer. :) Today's sketch is of a pair of trees
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art
2018-03-03 00:53
Pen and ink drawing: Two Trees
I love drawing in ink. I can't be bothered with sketching things out with pencil and carefully inking it afterwards. I like to jump straight in with a pen and see where it takes me. One of my favourite
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photography
2018-02-08 11:00
Photography : Ice Crystals
We had a cold snap this week here in Scotland which meant we got a bit more snow and some interesting frost formations growing on top of our car. They were so beautiful that I couldn't pass up the chance
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linux
2018-02-04 13:00
Adding a higher resolution for an external monitor in Ubuntu
I recently installed Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 on my laptop and for the most part the experience has been awesome. The only thing I've had to 'fix' was when I plugged my external monitor into my laptop's VGA
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linux
2018-02-04 12:27
Why I've dumped Windows 10 for Ubuntu Budgie and maybe you should too
I find using Windows 10 an incredibly frustrating experience. As a web-developer, I switch between different machines for testing and development purposes. I have a Macbook but it's only got a 13"
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daddyblog
2017-08-13 16:59
A handful of vomit and other stories
It's been an interesting day that started far earlier than I would have liked with my 22 month old daughter crying because she wanted to come into our bed instead of staying in her little baby-prison (a.k.a.
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