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She/Her. Sketcher. LGBTQ ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚧️. 💙🌊. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 (keeps adding flags because dimwits elected morons 🫣).
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My version of a famous portrait of Oscar Wilde. Having fun with acrylic markers and black ink.
#inkportrait #sketchbookart #dylansara #calligraphypenportraiture #inkandacrylic #artyear #blueskyart
ink portrait of Oscar Wilde with an Acrylic Markers background
June 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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N°15.. The last portrait of this fantastic class. Thanks Jeff Avila for posing, and @dylan-sara.bsky.social for the class. I hope that a lot of the things I learned will stay with me.

#observationaldrawing #artyear #blueskyart #watercolorportrait #observationalportrait #sketchbookeveryday
watercolor and pencil portrait Reference photo
May 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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This is Portrait n°14, the one before last of this class, which gave me so much. @dylan-sara.bsky.social , I told you many times already, please, make more classes !!! @ninja.kidsoul , thanks for the reference photo, it was a great pleasure painting you.
watercolor portrait in Transparent Orange and Indigo Reference photo
May 31, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Vacation childhood memories this week with the #drawingwithdylan crew. Much laughter as often is the case. We all barfed a lot while traveling when we were kids it appears.. 🤓.

#quickpose #sketchingeachother #sketchbookfun #quickportraits #quickportraitsketch
various quick portraits drawn with a parallel pen various quick portraits drawn with a parallel pen
May 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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N°13, Mariam. This portrait was extremely difficult, and after 3 trials I am still not happy, but I have to let go. Thank you to @mariam.fawal, our muse, and of course to @dylan-sara.bsky.social #observationaldrawing #portraitsinmysketchbook #karabullockartschool #drawingwithdylan
Portrait in Watercolor Reference photo
May 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Trying my parallel pen (thanks @dylan-sara.bsky.social 😉) at @drawingisfree_org bei (thanks Chloe!) session.. It’s really difficult to use for quick portraits but sometimes very rewarding.
#drawingisfree #quickposes #quickportraits #parallelpen #sketchbookart #artyear #blueskyart
Quick portraits in ink
May 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Again so much fun yesterday evening with @dylan-sara.bsky.social and @gris030.bsky.social ! Interview + Tips + Live sketching + Both of them = a great night.

#drawingwithdylan #grisoom #grisoom2405 #grislive #portrait #observationalportrait #inkportrait #sketchbookart #blueskyart #artyear
Ink and wash portrait of Hans Heysen done in the 20min allocated to it during the Zoom meeting
May 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Special edition Colored Pencils in the portrait series I am into these days. This one was done in 30 minutes during a sketching together session organized by @suhitasketch.bsky.social
#blueskyart #artyear #portrait #coloredpencils #sketchbookart
colored pencils portrait, using a vivid triad Reference photo
May 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Portrait n°12. Thanks to lovely @tikkalaa for the Ref picture, and to @dylan-sara.bsky.social for the great class.

#observationaldrawing #portraiture #watercolourportrait #sketchbookart #dailysketch #artyear #blueskyart
Watercolor portrait pencil understudy Reference photo
May 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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And so here we are.. portrait n°11, the muse is @alex.binek, only 4 more in @dylan-sara.bsky.social class. I enjoy this class so much, I will truly be sad when I am through. I may do a June Daily Challenge..

Watercolor portrait of Alex Binek using cool colors : cobalt green, cobalt teal, nickel azo yellow, and a touch of Potter‘s Pink. The undersketch for the portrait The reference photo of Alex Binek
May 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Yesterday evening at the Unicorn’s Birthday Party organized by @dylan-sara.bsky.social. I used inks and a dip pen. #drawingwithdylan #quickposes #quickportraits #sketchbookart #artyear #blueskyart
Quick portraits drawn in ink with a dip pen at the weekly Drawing With Dylan session Quick portraits drawn in ink with a dip pen at the weekly Drawing With Dylan session Quick portraits drawn in ink with a dip pen at the weekly Drawing With Dylan session Quick portraits drawn in ink with a dip pen at the weekly Drawing With Dylan session
May 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Portrait n°10. Thanks @dylan-sara.bsky.social for the class and @valeriyan04ka- for the ref picture.
#observationaldrawing #portraiture #watercolor #pencilportrait #artyear #blueskyart

watercolor portrait pencil draft
May 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Next portrait, n°9 in the serie. I felt comfortable doing this one on my own and only watched @dylan_sara instructions when choosing a color for the background and another for the eyebrows.
Muse: @taelorjavier.

#observationaldrawing #portraiture #blueskyart #artyear #watercolor #dylansara
Watercolor Portrait of Taelor Javier. Using a graduation of warm yellow to warm green in the background, the portrait itself is in skin tones and purple and vermillion accents. The reference photo The first sketch stage of the portrait, done with Polychromos n°263
May 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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My morning hike in the sierra. I had little time, so I sketched very quickly the view with a colored pencil and finished at home with lots of Neocolors, watercolors and pencils.
#dailysketch #sketchbookart #markmaking #expressiveart #sierrademijas #landscapesketch #artyear #blueskyart
Sketch of the view while hiking in the Sierra de Mijas, with the sea in the background. Lots of colors, using watercolor, Neocolors and pencils
May 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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New portrait! have yet to see @dylan-sara.bsky.social final version, as I did not follow instructions this time. Gaining confidence in my abilities. Thanks Dylan, you’re the BEST! And 🙏@camilocarreno.bsky.social for the ref.
#portraiture #watercolorportrait #artyear #blueskyart #sketchbookportrait
Portrait in Watercolor and pencil of Camilo Carreno, following the principles learned in Dylan Sara’s Observational Portraiture class. The background is a variation from warm to cold yellow, while the portrait itself is using warm orange and cool purple for the shadows. The reference picture next to the watercolor portrait.
May 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Another Drawing with Dylan session, it’s a great way to spend the evening drawing and chatting with a very nice group of people. @dylan-sara.bsky.social #quickposes #quickportraits #magicpencil #sketchbookart #blueskyart #artyear
Gallery of some of the portraits drawn with a rainbow pencils during today’s drawing with Dylan online zoom session.
May 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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It may not show, but I feel I am slowly getting better. Less stupid mistakes, more confidence. Thanks to the great teacher that is @dylan-sara.bsky.social and thanks to @shleemers who posed for the ref 🙏🙏.
#observationaldrawing #portraiture #sketchbookportrait #sketchbookart #blueskyart #artyear
Portrait of Ariane in watercolor and colored pencils portrait next to reference photo
May 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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A big bonus of having electricity (as opposed to being cut out from the rest of the world as we were last monday..) is being able to enjoy another session of @drawingisfree_org 😍.

#drawingisfree #quickportrait #sketchbookart #quickpose #watercolor #coloredpencilart #artyear #blueskyart
Gallery of the 15 quick portraits (one portrait=one song of a playlist) realized during yesterday’s evening Drawing Is Free online Zoom Session. I used watercolors and Albrecht Dürer’s watercolor pencils.
May 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Still working on portraits, having the best time following @dylan-sara.bsky.social instructions. This one was loose and fun to do. I am working on a sketchbook that is very basic, less fear of screwing up.
#dylansara #portrait #portraiture #sketchbook #sketchbookportrait #watercolorportrait
Watercolor portrait in powerful colors Reference photo
May 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Quick (20 min) sketch with only 3 colors while waiting for my daughter. There is something magical about the combination of French Ultramarine and Transparent Red Oxide. And Sap Green for the foliage of course.
#usk #uskmalaga #quicksketches #sketchbook #dailysketch #malaga
Sketch of a woman and two teenagers sitting at a table having some beverages in front of the entrance of a mall in Malaga. The sketch is done in ink and a limited palette of 3 watercolors : French Ultramarine, Transparent Red Oxide and Sap Green. Photo taken while sketching the sketch shown in the first photo, By then the family had moved on.
May 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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This is again a @dylan_sara class, and it was the most difficult one for me so far. the reference photo is very tricky, the head tilt is hard to get.there are 6 versions in my sketchbook. I am still not satisfied with the result.
#sketchbook #sketchbookdrawing #portraiture
#artyear
#blueskyart
portrait in gouache Reference photo
May 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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yesterday’s @drawing_with_dylan_ session, organized by @dylan-sara.bsky.social. Much laughter again.

#drawingwithdylan #quickportraits #quickpose #portraiture #sketchbook #artyear #blueskyart
Two of the various portraits drawn this evening. These one are done solely in watercolor Two of the various portraits done this evening, in ink and watercolor 4 portraits in ink and watercolor
April 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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A new portrait today, following @dylan-sara.bsky.social and watercolor portraiture class @karabullockart school. This one is of @chemix00 who gave permission to use a great shot for this class.
#observationalportrait #sketchbookportrait #watercolorportrait #dailysketch #learningportraits #artyear
Final take, watercolor and pencil portrait in Ochre, Alizarin Crimson, Burnt Umber and Indigo, with a background in Lemon Yellow and Perylene Green The undersketch done in polychromos magenta pencil The reference pic
April 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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#drawingisfree : the absolute best way to start the week! Thanks Chloe and all sitters for making me looking forward to having Mondays 🙏🫶.
#drawingisfree #drawingisfree_org #dailysketch #quickportraits #drawingportrait #observationaldrawing #quickpose
Serie of 12 quick portraits in color pencils, each one done in a different color
April 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Still working through two portraits class (@blueshineart and @dylan_sara) in parallel, and although I am having a hard time adjusting to gouache, persevering is slowly starting to pay off.
#artyear #blueskyart #portraiture #gouache #watercolor
Gouache portrait of a man in the sun, the background is a grayish turquoise, he is wearing a straw hat, has a great white beard. the shadows are painted in orange, as are his sunglasses Watercolor portrait of a woman looking down, the face is lighted from below. the whole portrait is done in red tones, the background in payne’s grey
April 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM