Learning to see as an artist is the very foundation of drawing. A thorough visual examination of your subject is the most important ingredient for making great sketches. This lesson challenges you to rely completely on your visual skills rather than verbal instructions. Thirty illustrations take you through the process of combining lines with shapes to create a cartoon drawing of an alligator.

Preview lesson C10 - Allie Alligator

I thought that this was a fun and easy one to do since I am a beginner. The only problem I had was with the eye...hopefully, that will get better with time.

Sihaya

The marker lines don't follow the sketch lines very closely. In some cases, entirely new lines are created that half-use more than one pencil line. Confusing.

Allie's cool - As I progress through the different lesson's, I'm gaining confidence in my drawing where I'm less judgemental with myself with each line or shape I make. You know that your gonna have a complete picture in the end and the thrill is in watching it transform from all these shapes and lines into a recognisable picture. So you just go with it, flow with it, and focus less on the end result. The Taa-Daa that follows makes you feel real good.

It was an easy task

After doing the starfish, I found this a little tedious. However the lesson is still valuable.

This was a fun lesson. I have done all of the previous lessons and am
finally getting comfortable! I can't believe I am doing so well. I have always
just barely managed to draw stick figures.

my aligater looks evil!!!!!!! and urs looks so nice ..... how can this be true... well imm gonna go cry because it looks evil and it scares me!

It was a good and fun lesson
My version of it is here
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Yippee now onto next set of lessons. Still slow but this should improve over time.

another fun lesson...this time I did use my microni 01 pen, and when the pencil lines were erased it looked great. Thanks again.

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Here's my critter

It took me about 2 hours to get my Allie and here it is
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Dear Mrs. Brenda this was the best lesson I ever done. I thank u so much keep the fun coming.

Hmm.. I think mine starves herself.
Anyways, still a fine lesson.

Fun Lesson. Love the cartoon drawings.

This is a good lesson on proportions. I did good but I got mixed up and put the lines in the eyes in the wrong place.

I love Allie, however i am not a great drawer so this was sort of hard for me, but even though im not great i get satisfyed, this sensational feeling that says "you can do this, you can!" i love the feeling oh so much- the alllie i drew is purple though because i didnt have my black marker on me!!! I am still proud and qill put it in my binder of drawings and sketches i have done!!! =] [size="3"][/size][color="#00FF00"][/color]

Hi everybody

This lesson is sooo cute an i hope you like my Allie
Thank you Brenda

Hugs, Trinity from Germany

This is my alligator. I coloured the second one in Gimp.

Here's mine:


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I don't think the marker lines are SUPPOSED to follow the sketch lines.
The sketch lines are just to give you a broad idea of the shape you are using.
You should post a photo of your drawing!
We'd love to see it!
I bet it's great!

After the wrinkles under her noise,all the other illustrations are blank.Anybody else have this problem?

Oh i love all these lesons, because it is really helpfull! I want to improve my drawing skills, and I'm one step ahead;)
So i hope that in time i'll be great painter;) I love this website!

It was fun to draw it. Here is my alligator

Yeah, it's Allie the Alligator. No wait, I mean it's her head.
So where's her body?

another gator... :-)

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Allie Alligator

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Another fun lesson. Had some difficulty with the proportions. Open for comments!

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So good and fun to do these drawings!

My Allie if you don't look at Brenda's original, looks almost "perfect". Comparing it with Breanda's has a few details not quite the same, but, as I outlined it with a marker it was dificult to adjust the details.

Will I ever get perfection...!

Thank you Brenda for giving me hope.

Well i did the little drawing just as shown but a bit lighter of a color scheme and, it looks fairly nice.Thanks for the lessen

Made and colored in photoshop using a tablet.

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