Boy With Yak

 

Here's the color version!  :)

Happy new year everybody!

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Reference Image:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mutiger_Reiter_auf_Yak_Yama.JPG

More Yak-posting

 

 

A couple more yaks.

Reference images:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mutiger_Reiter_auf_Yak_Yama.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarlyk_Yak.jpg

I like drawing yaks. I've been using Kuretake brush markers for the color ones like in the bottom picture.  The top one is just drawn in with a Micron pen and I'm planning to color it.  I haven't decided if I want to color it with the markers or use watercolor.  The good thing is I always print my designs out before coloring them so I can always do it again if I don't like it.

Yakitty-Yak!

 

Here's a couple of yaks I've drawn recently.  I like drawing things with lots of fur.

Here's the reference images:

https://pixabay.com/photos/yaks-thukla-pass-himalayas-trekking-7696129/

https://pixabay.com/photos/mongolia-yak-summer-alpine-meadow-3807650/

There isn't really a vast supply of free stock images of yaks on the internet but it sure beats trying to find photos of wooly mammoths.  There's a fair amount of paintings and renderings and skeletons out there but they are somewhat hampered by the fact that they aren't around anymore.

Piggy Pig

 

I'm not boaring you am I?

7 Day Challenge, Drawing Animals And Leaves

 Just some things I wanted to brush up on learning to draw.  These were done with 05 Microns in different colors and the same size Uni Pins in light and dark gray.

These were all drawn from stock photos.  Here's the link list to the different stocks I used:

Lizard: https://pixabay.com/photos/lizard-sargantana-trunk-981252/

Salamander: https://pixabay.com/photos/animals-salamander-nature-1088057/

Rabbit: https://pixabay.com/photos/rabbit-mammal-wildlife-hare-bunny-5352643/

Frog: https://pixabay.com/photos/frog-rock-water-pond-nature-3903773/

Leaves: https://pixabay.com/photos/pile-of-leaves-leaves-fall-62808/

More Leaves: https://pixabay.com/photos/staircase-leaf-autumn-yellow-leaves-945888/

Songbird: https://pixabay.com/photos/nightingale-bird-tree-songbird-7167798/

There they are in case you want to draw them yourself, or see how they compare with my drawings.  I like linking to the stock photos.  It's good for the person who takes the picture and I think its interesting to compare them with the finished drawing and besides they're really good interesting pictures in and of themselves.

Forest Interior

 And here it is in color!  I like working with all that detail.

The black and white version is here.

Brown Mantis

 

Here's another mantis! :)

Stock Image

A couple more sketches

A couple more sketches lately.  Hatching and cross-hatching are becoming more instinctive although of course there is still so much more to learn.

More Sketches

 

 

Stock images deer and squirrel.

Deer

Source photo. 

Here's a comparatively quick deer sketch I did.  I think deer are a good thing to learn to draw cause they're always nice to fit into landscapes.  I think there's a lot to be said for learning to draw things that can be added to make landscapes better.