Diana Probst, Cambridge Artist

Dancer

A relatively simple watercolour for Christmas last year. This one has no gold leaf, no complicated under drawing, and no ink lines. It was purely a study of a woman dancing. This was a commission, and is postcard sized. I

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Dancer

A relatively simple watercolour for Christmas last year. This one has no gold leaf, no complicated under drawing, and no ink lines. It was purely a study of a woman dancing. This was a commission, and is postcard sized. I

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Inktober 2016-2

Day 2 of Inktober sees me trying out a timesaver for vanishing points. Attach a thread to the points you want to use, at eye level/horizon level (which will be mostly the same, although not always) and you can draw

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Inktober 2016-2

Day 2 of Inktober sees me trying out a timesaver for vanishing points. Attach a thread to the points you want to use, at eye level/horizon level (which will be mostly the same, although not always) and you can draw

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Inktober 2016-1

I’m taking part in Inktober, a social media month of sketches and drawings in ink. I’ve been doing enough work on the laser cutter that the control of a pen has started giving me trouble, and a month of practice

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Inktober 2016-1

I’m taking part in Inktober, a social media month of sketches and drawings in ink. I’ve been doing enough work on the laser cutter that the control of a pen has started giving me trouble, and a month of practice

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Blue Dragon

This is a regular commission, ordered via Patreon, at the watercolour postcard level. I have been drawing a lot of dragons lately, and in the course of design for a sleeping dragon oil painting, I sketched this little darling. Dragons

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Blue Dragon

This is a regular commission, ordered via Patreon, at the watercolour postcard level. I have been drawing a lot of dragons lately, and in the course of design for a sleeping dragon oil painting, I sketched this little darling. Dragons

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Building a Drawing Machine

I’ve been quiet lately, for work and for other work, and here is the result of something I’ve been doing in my spare time.   I built a drawing machine. It essentially draws a really complicated graph, just like the

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Building a Drawing Machine

I’ve been quiet lately, for work and for other work, and here is the result of something I’ve been doing in my spare time.   I built a drawing machine. It essentially draws a really complicated graph, just like the

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Making my pencil case

There has been some interest in my pencil case lately, including someone who snapped it so they could put it on reddit. So, for anyone who doesn’t know, this is my most compact art kit. The moleskine sketchbook fits into

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Making my pencil case

There has been some interest in my pencil case lately, including someone who snapped it so they could put it on reddit. So, for anyone who doesn’t know, this is my most compact art kit. The moleskine sketchbook fits into

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Roses and Reflections

Finally, I have finished Roses and Reflections. I’ve left out several potential posts that say ‘then I went over the top surface and improved it a bit’. I’ve done that everywhere, and I’ve also nudged the copper pot back to

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Roses and Reflections

Finally, I have finished Roses and Reflections. I’ve left out several potential posts that say ‘then I went over the top surface and improved it a bit’. I’ve done that everywhere, and I’ve also nudged the copper pot back to

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