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Julia MacMonagle's avatar

I’ve seen figures like this in the distance on landscapes and always wondered about them, thanks for the exercise!

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Patrick Visser's avatar

glad you find it useful

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Writeorama's avatar

Wow! This is exactly the kind if thing to do on those days when you don’t know what to paint!

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Patrick Visser's avatar

Yes! I have a lot of those days...

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RoseD's avatar

Very good advice. Learning to improvise from splodges is a great confidence booster. Not sure I’m ready to put these into an actual sketch but let’s see. And shopping round brushes also excellent advice

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Lee Bee's avatar

I'm currently unable to use my dominant hand (right) and I'm going to use this exercise with my left hand. I think it will be good practice and training for that hand.

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Patrick Visser's avatar

ah, that's a great idea!

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Janet's avatar

This was a fun exercise!

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maryan's avatar

thank you for this "doodling next level" ! being a sculptor I used to create small forms of people, animals and other things in plasticine (not sure if every one knows that soft colored kneadable material).

Since I discovered water color and gouache a while ago, I definitely will try this tip :)

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Maureen C. Berry's avatar

Oh, how fun! Thanks, what a fabulous idea!

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Melanie Dorsey Art Works's avatar

I'm going to give this a go this weekend! Thanks for the prompt.

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Deborah J Wear-Finkle's avatar

Wow! Amazing how our brains turn these into people! Great exercise!

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Lydia Marie Elizabeth's avatar

oh, I love these! How fun!

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Peachy's avatar

Beautiful, and very on-theme for me today. I've been thinking about limiting my usage of brushes so that I can reacquaint myself with my tools. I have collected dozens of brushes, most that I actually never use, and I thought it might be a fun challenge to blindly pick out 3 and use them exclusively in whatever I make for the next week. And then rinse and repeat until I can say for sure which brushes I need and which I don't. : ) This people painting would be a lovely exercise for learning what they can do! I'll have to give it a go! Thank you for sharing!

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shr00mbtx's avatar

I need to try this so bad, i haven't touched watercolors in YEARS

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Barb Cashmere's avatar

gosh I love this! newer to watercolor but love it. haven't dabbled much into painting bodily forms but this has inspired me. thank you

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Bogdan Luca's avatar

Love this, very expressive!

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Julia Lockwood's avatar

Each and every one is an individual, they each have a story. 📝🎼 This is my tomorrow:)

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Janey Thompson's avatar

Oh that was fun!

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