Schnee’s sketchbook!

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@JosephCow thank you for this!
the wash/underpainting is definitely a tip i will magpie. a lot of the time i will dilute my paints with a tiny bit of water to fill those gaps, but this tip seems a lot nicer as it gives a small touch of tone. trying out different canvases/textures also seems like a nice idea. 

I think the white background can be a cool look if it's really intentional and it serves an artistic purpose. 

for most of them, the white backgrounds were cause i just wanted to focus on painting the animals themselves, though i definitely feel adding a background colour wouldve worked well with the owl/2 cats paintings.
 

My other suggestion would be to not use black paint from the tube for the darkest areas, if you are. If you aren't doing that, try to mix more color variety. 

while it was intentional for the owl painting, ive just been defaulting to black for most of the others. i think especially the fat cat in tuxedo painting couldve used this tip.

I'm sorry if it comes off as just telling you what you already know.

absolutely no worries! while im a fair amount experienced in art, i am very new to painting, and even for the stuff i did know it was very helpful to get a reminder.