r/drawing • u/Clementine_AJ • Jun 21 '26
ink Quick life sketches of my sister and my dog :)
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u/Valokoura Jun 21 '26
Those drawings look good! Nice technique and good eye to see shapes and shadows.
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Jun 21 '26
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u/Clementine_AJ Jun 21 '26
Yep :) great show
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u/LadyKona Jun 21 '26
OKAY!!! You and your sister arting together while watching one of my favorite series is too damned wholesome
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u/Clementine_AJ Jun 21 '26
Aww thanks you! We recently started watching it together (i already seen it before) and we like to draw while we watch
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u/HELVETlCA Jun 21 '26
I have never been able to draw from life bc my brain can NOT translate 3D into 2D for some reason so this is sooo cool to me!
Love the duck!
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u/Clementine_AJ Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
Thanks!! It was very hard for me too at first. I luckily started to get it after tons of practice
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u/JA-Amber-32 Jun 23 '26
Practice makes perfect, as long as you didn't Relent... Good Job keep Moving
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u/absurd-affinity Jun 21 '26
What supplies or technique did you use to do the smooth shading? I love it!
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u/Clementine_AJ Jun 21 '26
Thank you :) I use a simple ballpoint pen. I prefer ones with a finer tip because they let me make cleaner more precise lines. I also like pens where you can control the ink flow more easily. Honestly just try any ballpoint pen you come across and if it feels good for drawing keep it and use it. As for smoothing, it's actually a bit gross but it works really well. I lightly touch my tongue with my fingertip and then use it to smooth the drawing. I learned that trick from Rembert Montald's sketching course, which is absolutely amazing!
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u/Lenayre Jun 21 '26
There's just something about working with blue ballpoint pen. I will have to try that fingertip trick lol.
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u/DevonDunkz Jun 21 '26
I have 2 blanks notebooks ready for the day my drawings make this much sense.
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u/MsWhyMe Jun 21 '26
Lovely sketches. 🥰 Also, i was genuinely looking for the dog because all i could see was the big plush duckie and I'm like... Is... Is that the dog?
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u/damedom Jun 22 '26
I can't even begin to understand howany years of practice this must have taken.
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u/frankdiddit Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
Is that Josh from midsommar lol
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u/Clementine_AJ Jun 21 '26
Nope, its chidi from the good place. Wouldn't watch that movie with my little sister haha
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u/Emilyg96gatsby Jun 21 '26
Beautiful work!! How on earth do you get a ballpoint pen to shade the smooth shadows like that?? It almost looks like watercolor. Teach me your ways!
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u/Fancy_Cat4679 Jun 21 '26
YOU ARE SO GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO. i just checked your profile. So COOOOOOL !!
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u/Proud-Peace-2747 Jun 21 '26
Wow these sketches are beautiful! They really capture the mood in the room 🩷
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Jun 22 '26
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u/Clementine_AJ Jun 22 '26
💀💀💀💀💀
My dog was moving around constantly I barely had two seconds to look at her before she was in a completely different position. Her face is actually on the right, and she was laying half on the duck and half on the floor. I'm still learning to draw from life so obviously I'm not perfect at it. The whole point of drawing from life instead of from photos is to build your visual library and observation skills.
You're welcome to check out my profile though, I can definitely draw lol
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u/Hopeful-Canary Jun 22 '26
Weird how animals and people are living creatures who both move.
I can easily see a dog's tail, back leg, and head with its ear flopped. Sometimes small dogs sleep like they're made of rubber.
The "extra duck head" looks to be a seam on the wing, which you'd understand if you studied her photo for like, half a second.
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u/MissGWillikers Jun 22 '26
How did you learn to draw like that? (Genuinely interested, not the ‘I wanna try once and be good immediately) I’ve been drawing a while and while I do improve and have been taking classes I simply can’t grasp how to draw things I see, do you have any advice? Also I love your art and your dog
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u/Vasechika_ Jun 22 '26
Woa, è davvero carino il disegno! E anche il fatto che sia disegnato direttamente con la penna è ancora più fantastico. A me sempre piacevano questo tipo di disegni anche se non disegno mai in questo stile. Non son capace 👍
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u/Bubble_Cheetah Jun 23 '26
I am not an artist and don't know how I ended up on this sub. But I just want to say you (and other artists here) amaze me. I cannot imagine finishing anything remotely as intricate quickly enough for all the subjects to still be in the same location for you to take a picture.
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u/ByL1ghT2434 Jun 21 '26
These sketches remind me of kim jung gi's.Looks like you are a professional artist, Bravo.
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u/Objective_Year2409 Jun 21 '26
This is a talent I really wish I had, I practiced but really never improved. Mind is full of art but I can't create it!
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