@Thrace-Shirley-Mears Thank you for the info.

Here's my submission (my very first!!):

Here's the print ready to go to it's new home:

Here is the final comparison. Thank you all for your wonderful feedback. My wife loves it.

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Well,

I've spent too much time on this, the colors seem weird to me. I don't know if I like the baby deer. Any suggestions will help. Thank you.

Theme: Woodland
Purpose: Nursery Picture for 1 year old girl

Hello All,

Just wanted to share a new hand lettered quote I made today. Happy early New Year!!

Hello Everyone,

Update Painting Done:
So much to learn but happy with my very first digital painting!!

Update Painting Stage:

Update 3rd Sketch: Back to 3/4 view. Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

Update 2nd sketch:
More beard!! I'll keep working on fleshing this out.

Here's my sketch for my first 3rd Thu:

Santa uses his magic beard in a pinch. All natural no fossil fuels, zero emissions.

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to start a cheerleading area for everyones projects. Pretty simple. Write down what you are working on and then give us updates as you reach milestones.

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Laozi

@Will-Terry great feedback. I will keep that in mind about the small, med, big for compositions.

@mattramsey we know his nose is magical: "And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose" but the real reason is the hair inside the nose.

Milestone: After about 6 hours finished my first digital painting!! I've got a lot to learn.

@Bobby-Aquitania Thank you for the Art Site link.

The tutorials on there for digital painting are great. Here's the link again for anyone interested: http://www.ctrlpaint.com/library/

@Rich-Green Great suggestion on the textures!!!

Here's an update:

@egarnerart any updates on your piece? looking forward to it.

Quick mockup with bharris and pixby suggestions.

1. hand different color (@bharris)
2. hand facing other way (@pixby)

@egarnerart looks great, love the warmth in the house and the coolness of the forrest.

@mattramsey fun to watch. learned some techniques. thanks

Hello All,

Just wanted to share a new hand lettered quote I made today. Happy early New Year!!

@bharris yeah, it's definitely a great way to get back into drawing after a large project (sometimes even during one). I remember reading Thomas Edison saying that it was good to work on small unrelated projects when there was a wall to overcome, to free your mind and then attempt the big project again.

@Leontine yup, that's it. although they usually only feature more recent prompts (via Twitter).

Here's the Twitter page link: https://twitter.com/Sketch_Dailies

Hello All,

Just wanted to share with you a Twitter community I found a year ago. You can also post to Instagram but the featured artwork must be submitted via Twitter. Link: https://twitter.com/Sketch_Dailies

It's called Sketch Dailies. Each morning there is a prompt and you can submit a drawing.

You can see the prompts here: https://www.instagram.com/sketch_dailies/
You can see the featured artwork here: http://sketchdailies.com

I'm proud to say that I've been featured a couple times last year and it was really encouraging. Check it out if you are ever in need of inspiration or need to unblock illustrations.

Cheers!!

@Dulcie thank you, it was fun to see how far the piece had gone. i'm always stopping short of the potential and i'm glad i posted it here to get awesome feedback that made the piece really come together.

@gimmehummus yes!! once you pointed that out, i knew i had to make her look happy and not afraid. that line and a couple minor changes did the trick. thanks again for that feedback while I was working on it.

@Rich-Green thank you, that was my wife's touch with the string. she really gets the best out of me. and they did really love the gift and let me know how great they thought it was. I'm always afraid people won't like my work and then they shower me with compliments, it's so weird.