I did this zentangle-style drawing last weekend (black on white) while sitting on our deck with Nelson. I asked him to come up with the name, which he did. I then used the "invert" function in PSE to make it white on black. Cool!
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Not a real one, of course, but one that I drew using a nature photo for reference. I used Pitt pens for the color.
This is a "zen"-style drawing with a few Photoshop effects added.
Here's another critter I sketched at the beach (from a field guide) and embellished in PSE.
Using another technique from Drawing Lab, I did a small "scribble" drawing (I used the Paint program), then looked at it to see what I could turn it into by adding lines, etc. It seemed to want to become... a fox. I then printed out copies of the final drawing; filled them by hand with colored Pitt pens and zen-style doodles; and put them back into PSE for a little further enhancement. And here they are: the Fox Girls. (I borrowed the name from my Mom's maiden name, Fox; she had four older sisters and the five of them were referred to as "The Fox Girls"-- they were a force to be reckoned with!) I have a feeling I may be creating three more soon...
Here's another zen-critter I drew (from a photo) while we were at the beach. I did see a real lizard in OBX, but it was much too small and moving way too fast for me to sketch.
