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Your sketchbook is YOUR playground

In the previous tip (pack-a-sketchbook), I talked about keeping a sketchbook.  This tip is about thinking

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Young Elf, Part II (shading)

We have sketched an elf portrait (if you haven’t, see the previous Drawing tip!).  Now, we

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Pumpkins as heads

Elves love pumpkins!  While we were busy decorating the workshop recently, with Jack-o’-lanterns, we thought of

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The gesture of humans

In the previous Drawing tip, we looked at the gesture in some animals and in a

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Another kind of storytelling: illustration

The human fairy tale Rapunzel has many characters:  a king and queen, an enchantress, a beautiful daughter,

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