That’s really good Terri!!! Do you have unlimited patience?
I didn’t go for the trumpet because I was in the middle of an older live lesson of Air Jordans. It was pen and ink already but I did it with ballpoint so it’s very different. I just finished it yesterday.
Hi Lucas @MTBartist
Your shoes look great. The thing that keeps me drawing is that I have a personal goal to try to get all 42 possible fine arts entries created for the local county fair in August every year. Right now I have 14 more things to draw/paint in 10 weeks. Not sure if I’ll succeed but I’ll keep trying.
Terri
Love the shoes @MTBartist ! And the blue color as well!
Well done for doing the lesson with a bit different medium 
Lucy
Thanks @Lucy I appreciate your kind words. I love the Zebra pens and think any kind of ink (drawn with Zebra or painted with a brush) is my current favorite media.
Terri
Does anyone have experience with watermixable oils? I could not get the glazes to stick to the papercanvas, and I am not sure what I am doing wrong.
Hi @siffermus
If you used water to thin the paint for the glaze, that would be the most likely problem and the most common reason the paint peels off.
Another thing that would make the glaze not stick is if the painted surface it is going over is not completely dry.
Third factor could be the paper surface you’re using. It is an inexpensive surface and I never use it myself for that reason.
Hopefully, one of these things is the answer to your question. I’ve used water mixable oils and have not had this problem.
Terri
I have some experience with Water-mixable oil paint, and I have found the glazes a little interesting as well. The main thing is that unlike acrylics, the oils take a week or longer to dry properly on the surface. The first bits of paint dry slower for whatever reason. I think you could have our base layers and details, but wait a week for everything to dry and the glazes should work. I’m sure about how that specific surface effects the painting, but work either way.
Omg this is magnificent @1kidneyJD
You’ve really captured an era
Your figure work is sublime and I just love the magic of the background too
This is first class
Glad you’re enjoying your new pencils 
Thank you @chellesky. Such high praise from a gifted artist. Let’s see if I can get my head out the door.
Keep sharing your art
Jim
The praise is well deserved Jim @1kidneyJD
You did an exceptional drawing
Keep sharing your work too 
Thanks @robichon
42 entries is a lot of things to do in one year Terri, especially if they’re all this good! I’m impressed with your dedication to keep doing that every year.
My local fair doesn’t have nearly as many fine art spots as yours. They focus on the animals and other stuff. How many different mediums do you work in to get all the entries?
-LS
Thanks Lucy
I got the blue color because I couldn’t find the pens Matt uses. The Zebra pens come only in black however, and I use BIC pens mainly because they come in all different colors.
I just got a variety pack for some experimentation and it came with three reds, two blues, three greens, a purple and a black. Blue is my favorite color but I also like the purple and one of the greens a lot.
-LS
This looks awesome! I really like the vintage movie look.
The man’s shirt is very well done with all the folds. I think if you gave the pants and the woman’s skirt a little more variety in value they would look more three dimensional and less flat. I always do this with things that I think are black but then I look closer and there are more lighter values that expected.
Hope this helps 
(p.s. I love how transparent the glass is too, you did a wonderful job on that)
-LS
I would go for a blue as well, as it is my favorite color too, and then I would go for a purple, and then a green and then probably the rest just to see it all 
Anyway, I hope to see another drawing with one of these colors from you one day :).
Lucy
Hi Jim @1kidneyJD
Looking forward to seeing your progress on the peacock. Keep posting your work on it here so we don’t miss it. The other topic for that live lesson would require a lot of searching to find.
Terri
Hi Lucas @MTBartist
In response to your question about my local fair categories for Fine Arts the mediums for entries are as follows:
Oil or Acrylic Painting — Watercolor Painting — Watercolor Pencils —
Ink Drawing/Painting — Graphite / Charcoal Drawing
Chalk Pastel Drawing — Oil Pastel Drawing — Colored Pencil Drawing
Then for each of those mediums there are 5 possible entries based on subject: Flowers, Landscape, People, Animals, Other. So 8 mediums X 5 subjects each = 40 entries.
Plus you can do one “Mixed Media” and another for “Any Other” which is where I do scratchboard.
Terri Robichon
Lucas @MTBartist Thank you for your suggestions and comments. I have this habit of over working my drawings, using the blender too much. This time it was used very little. I still have not connected the dots as to what paper is best to use for graphite or charcoal.
Again I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and helping me along this journey.
Terri @robichon will keep posting my progress on the Peacock. This wonderful world of color.
Jim
