Monday, January 4, 2010
FINALLY
Now I feel as though I can continue doing pieces because my order from Hong Kong is here, I just have to go to my friends house to get it! Makeup tutorials seem to be popular at the moment. I'm not one for wearing makeup :P but I thought maybe doing some tutorials of things like Zombies and party type things. I dunno. :)
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Common Quarrels
Hello kids. So it’s been a while since I’ve properly blogged. I’m still waiting for my order from Hong Kong Hopefully it won’t be too much longer. I have my canvas and eyeliner and after some deliberation and helpful opinions have chosen to draw only Mario. There won’t be many different colours involved I suppose, but if it is successful I will do a larger piece.
Not everyone can draw; it’s a matter of how your brain works, if you use the left or right side of it. Many people have these ideas in their heads of images they want to project onto the paper in front of them, however no matter how many failed attempts they sit through their hands won’t produce what they want. Usually no amount of teaching can do much to make someone go from bland to brilliant; however there are some things that can help one improve. I would love to be an art teacher one day so I hope these tips can help someone one day.
First things first. Materials, Materials, Materials! An abundance of pencils can be very helpful in the initial parts of drawing. This blog is for those who aren’t very experienced by the way. So let’s assume we want to do a simple pencil drawing. More often than not you’ll be able to find a HB pencil around the house. When looking at the spectrum of pencils, HB is right in the middle. Not too hard and not too soft. B’s are softer and darker and H’s are lighter and harder. Any who, every time I do a pencil drawing, I start with an outline of the main features. Now if you want you can trace, it makes it much easier. I tend to use my 6H for this because it erases so easily. You can use a 2H or an H if you want but press lightly! The eyes are the most important part, because they are the centre of the face. Also, the lips, distance between the eyes and the distance between the lips and nose are also important. Nose isn’t extremely important because it can be fixed with shading usually. TIP: Brown eyes are easier to draw because you can go darker meaning mistakes are less visible.
When drawing brows, do them in small lines as though they are the individual hairs, press consistently and fill make sure that the edges aren’t defined. When you draw the lips, generally the line of the top lip isn’t very harsh, so save the emphasis for the middle of the lips.
I have decided I will draw picture to help explain what I’m saying. I will also show you how to draw teeth, because they are hard and so many people do it wrong.
Not everyone can draw; it’s a matter of how your brain works, if you use the left or right side of it. Many people have these ideas in their heads of images they want to project onto the paper in front of them, however no matter how many failed attempts they sit through their hands won’t produce what they want. Usually no amount of teaching can do much to make someone go from bland to brilliant; however there are some things that can help one improve. I would love to be an art teacher one day so I hope these tips can help someone one day.
First things first. Materials, Materials, Materials! An abundance of pencils can be very helpful in the initial parts of drawing. This blog is for those who aren’t very experienced by the way. So let’s assume we want to do a simple pencil drawing. More often than not you’ll be able to find a HB pencil around the house. When looking at the spectrum of pencils, HB is right in the middle. Not too hard and not too soft. B’s are softer and darker and H’s are lighter and harder. Any who, every time I do a pencil drawing, I start with an outline of the main features. Now if you want you can trace, it makes it much easier. I tend to use my 6H for this because it erases so easily. You can use a 2H or an H if you want but press lightly! The eyes are the most important part, because they are the centre of the face. Also, the lips, distance between the eyes and the distance between the lips and nose are also important. Nose isn’t extremely important because it can be fixed with shading usually. TIP: Brown eyes are easier to draw because you can go darker meaning mistakes are less visible.
When drawing brows, do them in small lines as though they are the individual hairs, press consistently and fill make sure that the edges aren’t defined. When you draw the lips, generally the line of the top lip isn’t very harsh, so save the emphasis for the middle of the lips.
I have decided I will draw picture to help explain what I’m saying. I will also show you how to draw teeth, because they are hard and so many people do it wrong.
Monday, December 28, 2009
New Medias in art.
I have decided to move one from pencils and invest in some new materials. With the help of a friend I have ordered an eye=shadow palette. This may sound strange but it will all come together soon enough. I chose the "Manly Pro 120 Color Eyeshadow Palette." It had 120 colours in both matte and shimmer shades. No I do not wear make for anyone wondering. Today I also purchased a small canvas and a cheap black eyeliner pencil. Here is a photo of the palette below. What I plan to do is use only make-up and a canvas to do a piece. I am tied up between two pictures; one containing Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Wario, or one of only Mario. I'd appreciate opinions. I can not start until my order arrives in Australia. :(
Thursday, December 24, 2009
WOAH MAN!
So in the past i have designed a family friends garden for them, and to initial success a heat wave decided to come along and massacre some of the plants including a $160 Bangalow Palm. Well i went to my Aunties for Christmas Eve dinner. She and my uncle once had a magnificent garden, in fact people used to get married in it. Well since the drought it has become baron and brown. My uncle said to me that he wants to redo much of it with drought tolerant plants; however he has little knowledge of such plants. He implied he wanted me to design a new garden, both front and back. I don’t think it will be difficult but there a few areas needing some love. I asked for some sort of figure as to how much he would want to spend. He didn’t give an exact amount however he did say this. "Well if you spent, 10 grand on a garden, it’d probably put more than 10 grand of value on the house." So I’m not sure if he is giving me a budget of $10,000. But if so that would be rather AMAZING! I might post my designs when I get around to it.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Air Plants
The pictures below are of two different types of plants. They belong to the Bromeliad family and the Tiilandsia species. The bottom picture is of "Tillandsia Bulbosa" the other i am unaware of the genus. ANYWHO thanks to Lycie Culbert who took the photos with her incredible camera! Okay so this is an art blog not a gardening one, but i thought considering i created somehting is it not art? So what i did was use a log from a eucalyptus tree, silicon(specific type needed) a drill and a few Tillandsias. So its kind of self eplanitary now how i assembled it. But i always used countersinkign drill bits for a wdier shallow hole so less adhesive is needed. Regular silcicon is a VERY bad idea and should be avoided.
I have made one for myself, one for some family friends (to which payed $30 for it) and i am currently making another one. I hope that the demand increases as they make excellent table pieces.
I have made one for myself, one for some family friends (to which payed $30 for it) and i am currently making another one. I hope that the demand increases as they make excellent table pieces.
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