# Gettin sketchy - drawing along **URL:** \ **Category:** Share Your Art\ **Created:** [November 17, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gettin-sketchy-drawing-along/2552 "2022-11-17T00:43:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OriNebula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@OriNebula](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/OriNebula)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gettin-sketchy-drawing-along/2552/1 "2022-11-17T00:43:12Z")
Here is my bee from gettin sketchy 11/16. I was using white drawing paper with watercooor and too much water at that. But still enjoyed drawing along. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/1/11f656d869ba1ee7e1884f4bf841ebcd7216656e.jpeg) Beth / OriNebula Edited to have the photo turned correctly- it was bugging me at 90degrees. ---
**Author:** ![sonyanicolesmith27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/sonyanicolesmith27/32/2718_2.png) [@sonyanicolesmith27](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/sonyanicolesmith27)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gettin-sketchy-drawing-along/2552/2 "2022-11-17T00:49:08Z")
Nice! Here is mine. On watercolor paper and I did orange gouache as background. I think mine looks more like a yellow jacket. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/6/608c14d982e0fdba20cfe38ebef768da49ef616c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Denise](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/denise/32/40_2.png) [@Denise](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Denise)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gettin-sketchy-drawing-along/2552/3 "2022-11-17T14:43:08Z")
Very nice job. Love it. ---
**Author:** ![ThatOtherGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@ThatOtherGuy](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/ThatOtherGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gettin-sketchy-drawing-along/2552/4 "2022-11-18T03:35:48Z")
I did it on 60 lb drawing paper as well and used too small of brush which is really evident in background. Botched the proportions on the bee abdomen/stinger and just kind of winged it, coloring in wings before adding background so a bit dicey there. Hobby Lobby $5 Gouache set, background and shadows are “Van Dyke Brown” and the Ultramarine Blue, Scarlet and Lemon Yellow were the other colors I used, not fancy. I use a 12" proportional divider to get started once I have the image they post with a video and transfer from there smaller so I can fit more than one on a page if possible, if watercolor I use a Hobby Lobby watercolor book and tape the page into sketch book (usually over something that’s better not seen) Trying to host on imgur here, I don’t know how to attach an image… Guessing ‘img’ bbcode: ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/9/9d08f1f15d919e2e7a620bcfdf357840fdb71946.jpeg) Here are some others while I’m posting, not really worth a new topic, I tried to write the air date of the getting sketchy episode on each one, the cockatiel I did with line and wash (cheated with trace on the second one with watercolor) in addition to colored pencil but the line and wash one turned out a lot better, I the colored pencil one is taped under it and I forgot to get a pic of that --ETA: cockatiel cheap paper bleed, might have been vellum texture bristol now that I think on it). ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/3/3eb935bbf1d425c5cb686586f0badbf09dfbc743.jpeg) ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/c/c51f6bb973c28e493e5bdb2362e7f1f0269e48e5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![junenez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/junenez/32/4004_2.png) [@junenez](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/junenez)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gettin-sketchy-drawing-along/2552/5 "2022-11-18T17:59:06Z")
![69033683676__748778AC-213C-4C9E-BE2C-4CABCA5CAB08](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/1/16f2569f9f061a35c1d43ebb165bd046d4d76ae4.jpeg) here is mine - before I threw it in the trash! ---
**Author:** ![anon8367598](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@anon8367598](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/anon8367598)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gettin-sketchy-drawing-along/2552/7 "2022-11-18T20:59:50Z")
Everybody’s art looks awesome! What canvas/paper did you use @junenez ? The fading shade of the background is cool! ---
**Author:** ![junenez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/junenez/32/4004_2.png) [@junenez](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/junenez)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gettin-sketchy-drawing-along/2552/8 "2022-11-21T13:25:52Z")
pastel paper I ordered some colored pastel paper but of course - no orange! lol