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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Mar 21

Recorded my first attempt at painting skin tones as well, made a nice learning video (long video on my YouTube channel), and a little artistic short out of it too. I'll definitely be working on painting people, this one was a lot of fun!
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#watercolor #painting #art

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1st Attempt at Painting Skin Tones #watercolorpainting #art #artpractice

YouTube video by Papa Nich

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Mar 21

Attempted to add watercolours to my last sketch from my February face drawing challenge! Followed a tutorial by Scott Christian Sava, and overall I was stoked with the result!
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#watercolor #art #sketch #sketchbook

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Mar 9

I recorded a recap video for my YouTube channel (link in Bio) summarizing my #FaceOffFebruary 2025 #dailypractice face drawing challenge.

~90+ faces drawn, a few tutorials followed, and a GIANT leap forward in skill, methodology and understanding when it comes to drawing human faces! #art #drawing

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Mar 4

Face-Off February: Days 28/28! It's over! After watching #TheGorge on the 28th, I decided to try to draw both #AnyaTaylorJoy and #MilesTeller, really happy with the drawing of miles... Anya? Not so much, hah.
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#DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #DailyPractice #reference #Loomis

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Mar 3

Face-Off February: Days 26&27/28! We're almost there! The cheekbones were fun to draw on 26, but I was thrilled with how 27 turned out, almost getting confident with these (not yet... but almost!)
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#DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #DailyPractice #reference #Loomis

Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Mar 3

Face-Off February: Days 24&25/28! Love day 24, the scrunched nose and eyes was a fun reference, nooot so happy with day 25, but that's almost entirely due to the eyes... redrew them a few times, oh well!
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#DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #DailyPractice #reference #Loomis

Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 28

For the last few years, I've been making memories of my children's favourite books into miniature paintings!

This one is "Thank You, Omu!" by @oge_mora , an amazing story about the importance of sharing, and community.

#memories #art #handmade #miniatures

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Thank You, Omu! #collage #art #handmade

YouTube video by Papa Nich

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 27

Face-Off February: Days 22&23/28! More more and more faces!

Super happy with the 2nd I did on the 23rd, might be my favourite of the entire challenge so far.
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#DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #DailyPractice #reference #Loomis

Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 26

Face-Off February: Days 19&20&21/28! I keep forgetting to post every day, woops😅

Love the 2 I drew on the 20th, and had a lot of fun (and a lil frustration) trying new expressions and emotions on the 21st.
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#DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #DailyPractice #reference #Loomis

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 26

Adelaide excitedly called me upstairs to show me the bookmark she made for me, papa with 💚s for love and a 🌶 because I like spicy food!

Encouraging art and creativity, reading, crafts and hobbies, always.

Also... the Assassin's Apprentice by #RobinHobb is fan-tas-tic!

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 20

Face-Off February: Day 17+18/28! Actually pretty happy with the 2 I did on the 18th, not so much for the 17th... She ended up looking like an orc you'd find after a tavern brawl 😅
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#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #Progress #reference #Loomis

Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 20

Face-Off February: Day 15+16/28! Working on applying Loomis to references and seeing how that works out, pretty rocky start, but a start none the less! Hollow eyes without an iris look...creepy.
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#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #Progress #reference #Loomis

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 19

Face-Off February: Day 14/28! First full-page Loomis-method face attempt, pretty happy with the sketch overall, but lots to learn still!
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#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #Progress #reference #Loomis

Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 17

Face-Off February: Day 13/28! Followed along to #DrawLikeASir tutorial on Loomis this day, helped with some of the %'s and actual measurements.
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#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #Progress #reference #Loomis

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 17

Face-Off February: Day 12/28! Continuing with the Loomis method, and my 4 year old gave me a tutorial to follow on how she draws people <3
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#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #Progress #reference #Loomis

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 17

Face-Off February: Day 11/28! Started to learn about the Loomis method, not 100% sure on how it works at this point, but enjoying a straight-forward measurement based tutorial!
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#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #Progress #reference

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 13

Face-Off February: Day 10/28! Feels like backwards progress lately, but still making time for sketches! Onto day 11!
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#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #Progress #reference

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 12

Face-Off February: Day 8+9/28! Didn't set aside enough time this weekend to be fully happy with my sketches, but glad I still got something done, 2 more days down, 7 more faces drawn!
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#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #Progress #reference

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 12

Face-Off February: Day 7/28! Friday was my big brother's BDay, so I attempted my first "full page face", overall it's not bad, bald + beard seems to make the overall face shape pretty forgiving though, hah. Onto day 8!
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#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #Progress #reference

Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 8

Face-Off February: Day 6/28! Drawing with references is amazing, loving it. Hair is going to be difficult, but rewarding and so fun. Onto day 7! I need to practice more angles as well, definitely ups the difficulty
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#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #Progress #reference

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 6

Face-Off February: Day 4+5/28! Only made time for 1 face on the 4th, but set aside a nicer amount for the 5th, overall really happy with my progress in just a few days of intentional practice (with references!)
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#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #Progress #reference

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 6

Face-Off February: Day 3/28! Only managed 30 mins to practice on the 3rd, but managed to tackle a "How to Draw Faces (beginner friendly)" YouTube tutorial by #SamDoesArt and I feel like I've already learned a lot in just 3 days!
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#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #Progress

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 5

Face-Off February: Day 2! 2 Down, 26 to go. I've been looking forward to this month-long drawing challenge for some time now, and I'm pretty excited to see how much progress I can make!
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#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary #DrawingFaces #Progress

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Papa Nich @papanich.bsky.social · Feb 2

After absolutely loving my first ever #Inktober this last October, I've begun my next monthly art challenge - Face-Off February: a month of just practicing faces, I can't wait to see what improvements I might have come 28 days from now.

#Drawing #DrawingPractice #FaceOffFebruary

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