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| 12/4/25 Roku (reference photo by Cristina Corpuz-Martens) |
I sketched this handsome Akita, Roku, as a gift for a
friend. I’m pleased that Pencilvember helped me learn how to make
colored pencil sketches faster (this took less than 30 minutes) while still
capturing a reasonable resemblance. It makes a gift like this (not to mention
commissions) less burdensome. It’s not often that a drawing
challenge helps me in such a practical way. Thirty days well spent!
During the challenge, I used fun, unnatural colors to keep
me from spending too much time trying to “match” reality. I have found, though,
that the practice had another benefit that came out unexpectedly with Roku. Instead
of using straight-up black for the nose and eyes (as I used to with most dogs
before the challenge), I impulsively used Indanthrene Blue and mixed it with a
little dark brown. I think the result is more interesting than black.
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