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Apple drawing & photos: First Friday Art

Today I’m sharing an apple drawing I did using the stipple technique with pen-and-ink. I used hundreds of tiny dots of ink to portray this red delicious apple.

Most of the time when I’m working on a final version of a drawing, I work on it from start to finish. However, when I’m doing a stipple drawing, I often take breaks. Sometimes I go back to it the next day. You have to concentrate on not overlapping dots in most of the drawing. If you’re too hyper or too tired, you will mess up. I was happy how this drawing turned out after working on it for a couple of days.

To go with the drawing, I’m sharing a photograph I took of a red delicious apple. For this portrait, I used the Food setting on my Samsung Galaxy phone. I like how it blurred the background. It reminded me I should experiment more with other settings on my phone.

I’m also sharing a picture of a cat in an apple tree. She was my pet decades ago and I always liked this picture of her.

Do you have artwork you would like to share? Be sure to include the First Friday Art tag.

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SoyBend

Centered in Bend, Oregon, my blog branches out into nature, history, and art-related topics.

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