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November 2026

3 videos

  1. Layering blue over pink for an evening sky

    Three thin layers of pastel, one over the other, and a thumb to soften the edges.

    A thumb blending blue and pink oil pastel on paper.
  2. Drawing a grain elevator from the road

    Starting with the tall shape, then the tracks and the long evening light on the wood.

    A wooden grain elevator beside railway tracks at golden hour.
  3. A straight road and a big sky

    How to draw a gravel road that goes all the way back, and a sky that takes up most of the paper.

    A straight gravel prairie road under a huge sky.

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