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Username: Veronika Escape Motions
Post Date: 2025-12-04 13:19:49

[SIZE=5]We are thrilled to introduce a new tutorial series for beginning or intermediate artists, called [B]Rebelle Art School with Daniel Ibanez[/B]. In this series, we will look at the fundamental principles of traditional drawing and transform them into a digital painting environment. [/SIZE] Let's kick off this series together with a [B]Contour Line Drawing[/B]: [URL]https://www.escapemotions.com/blog/rebelle-art-school-a-step-by-step-guide-to-contour-line-drawing[/URL] Watch the tutorial: [MEDIA=youtube]ssXfoWJ6zZw[/MEDIA] Follow this tutorial from Daniel Ibanez ( [USER=46523]@MamboBon[/USER] ) and post your attempts for contour line drawing below. We look forward to practicing and improving together!

Username: IgorNevzgliad
Post Date: 2025-12-05 12:33:03

Hello everyone! Thank you so much Daniel for this tutorial! I tried to draw the flowers. :)[ATTACH type="full"]2525[/ATTACH]

Username: Michael Johnson
Post Date: 2025-12-06 06:46:21

My first go of blind contour lines with my display tablet to my right and the subject directly in front of me. Lots of errors, but I did manage to get the rough shapes. :) [ATTACH type="full"]2536[/ATTACH]

Username: IgorNevzgliad
Post Date: 2025-12-06 07:14:55

Drew the avocado :) [ATTACH type="full"]2537[/ATTACH]

Username: Michael Johnson
Post Date: 2025-12-08 06:38:45

I'm still getting the hang of using Rebelle and with watercolour in general. This is my result of peaking contours of the cherries and applying some watercolour. If you have a look at my portfolio, it's like my current refer to subject and paint method used on Moai Serenity and Cockatoo Charm, just a bit more focused on the subject and less focused on the drawing space and the outcome. [ATTACH type="full"]2548[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]2549[/ATTACH]

Username: Beth
Post Date: 2025-12-09 00:21:00

I am happy to see this exercise, I am looking forward to more Daniel Ibanez tutorial postings. [ATTACH type="full"]2563[/ATTACH]

Username: Beth
Post Date: 2025-12-29 23:49:13

This exercise is taking me so long to retrain my hand and I still have not got it. I did need to erase some and then refine the line for the drawing to look like a pear......[ATTACH type="full"]2620[/ATTACH]

Username: MamboBon
Post Date: 2026-01-19 19:03:03

[QUOTE="IgorNevzgliad, post: 30835, member: 258809"] Hello everyone! Thank you so much Daniel for this tutorial! I tried to draw the flowers. :)[ATTACH type="full" alt="Flowers for socials.jpg"]2525[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE] this came out very nicely! I LOVE it!

Username: MamboBon
Post Date: 2026-01-19 19:03:51

[QUOTE="Beth, post: 31282, member: 172943"] This exercise is taking me so long to retrain my hand and I still have not got it. I did need to erase some and then refine the line for the drawing to look like a pear......[ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2025-12-29 144602.png"]2620[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE] I think it came out really well! It is a hard technique. This looks amazing to me!

Username: MamboBon
Post Date: 2026-01-19 19:04:42

[QUOTE="Beth, post: 30912, member: 172943"] I am happy to see this exercise, I am looking forward to more Daniel Ibanez tutorial postings. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2025-12-08 151459.png"]2563[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE] You can really see the hard work... contour line is really hard... these look amazing!

Username: MamboBon
Post Date: 2026-01-19 19:13:39

[QUOTE="IgorNevzgliad, post: 30848, member: 258809"] Drew the avocado :) [ATTACH type="full" alt="Avocado for socials.jpg"]2537[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE] this is amazing! great 3d feeling

Username: MamboBon
Post Date: 2026-01-19 19:14:28

[QUOTE="Michael Johnson, post: 30875, member: 231296"] I'm still getting the hang of using Rebelle and with watercolour in general. This is my result of peaking contours of the cherries and applying some watercolour. If you have a look at my portfolio, it's like my current refer to subject and paint method used on Moai Serenity and Cockatoo Charm, just a bit more focused on the subject and less focused on the drawing space and the outcome. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PeekingContourLines.jpg"]2548[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="PeekingContourLinesPaintedCherries.jpg"]2549[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE] these have such a nice mood. I love the line and color combination