I used to have a love hate relationship with portraits and I guess its the level of detail that you need to create a convincing likeness that is key to a image that looks like the sitter. I created my self portrait using a photo as a starting point. I know using photos is frownedContinue reading “Mastering Portraits for Beginners: Transforming Photos into Art | Unique Sketching Technique”
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Creating a Tree Collage with Ink and Pastel
Today’s 64 Million Artists January challenge is called find a tree and is a celebration of our wooded friends. I’m going to create this tree using collage, ink and pastel. I find this combination of materials very easy too use. The matt qualities of pastel work well with ink and collage elements add a frameContinue reading “Creating a Tree Collage with Ink and Pastel”
Beginner Monotype Magic – A beginners guide to inky sketches!
I love to add new techniques and materials to my art work. Todays 64 Million Artist challenge is to learn something new! An excellent opportunity to delve into my favourite art tutorial book and try out a new idea! Dawn Emerson’s Pastel Innovations is an excellent book full of exercises with ink and pastel. I’mContinue reading “Beginner Monotype Magic – A beginners guide to inky sketches!”
Drawing to Music with Everyday Objects | Beginner’s Guide to Expressive Mark Making!
What music inspires? Today’s 64 Million artists Challenge is a great abstract sounding task! I’m really going to enjoy this and inspire you to give new materials a try. What Music Inspires – immediately says to me mark marking to music. If you have not tried this before get ready to find a really expressiveContinue reading “Drawing to Music with Everyday Objects | Beginner’s Guide to Expressive Mark Making!”
Building Pictures without Lines | Beginner’s Guide to Collage Sketching!
Welcome to day 25 of the 64 Million Artists January Challenge – Bring it to Life! Todays challenge is about finding an object and bringing it to live in some way. I’m thinking back to day 18 when the challenge was to design a space. In this video I’m going to add more details toContinue reading “Building Pictures without Lines | Beginner’s Guide to Collage Sketching!”
