Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Spring Birthday Card

Hello....

So I'm back from a very long break, here to tell you I have a new video up on my youtube channel:

Showing you the process of me making a 'Spring Birthday Card'.



Here are some pictures of the final card:







Thank you for reading :D 

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Monday, 24 March 2014

Pinterest Monday

Hello...

So today's blog post is a 'Pinterest Monday' where I share with you a pin that I have found on pinterest that I found helpful or interesting. If you don't know what Pinterest is.. its a social website which you can save ideas and pictures to categories called 'Boards'.

So this is the pin that I have found whilst browsing and I thought I'd share it with you because its quite a clever way to build up patterning in your drawings or paintings and just if you're bored and want to doodle!

Art 1. Optical Design

Link to pin: click here

If you can't tell in the picture... firstly you draw some curved lines vertically. Then draw curved lines following the shape of the object horizontally and then chose a range of one colour such as the brown/orangy colour above then shade with the different colours using the darkest closest to the outer edges and the lightest in the middle.

This technique will help you practice shading in a gradient style and also to add a 3 dimensional look to your art!

I hope you enjoyed this post! Let me know what you think of it in the comments


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Just ignore this post... its just to verify my bloglovin account that you can now follow me on to be notified when I write a new blog post :D

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Sunday, 23 March 2014

Sunday Snippet - Mixed Media Art Canvas : Journey by Rach0113

Hello.. i'm back again today to do another daily post... this time because its Sunday... I'm gonna share with you my favourite YouTube video of the week. So this week's video is by Rach0113 ... Its a sped up video of her creating a mixed media canvas that she named 'Journey'. I am subscribed and love watching her videos on YouTube... she makes videos showing the process of how she makes her mixed media art.


I love this piece of art and the techniques that she uses! She does a lot of building up of layers which has definately inspired me when I'm doing art.

Be sure to check out her video and YouTube! I'm sure she'll  inspire many of you too!

Let me know what you think by leaving a comment below...

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Saturday, 22 March 2014

Saturday Sketch - Space Heart by Cus-Tard

So I'm back again but today is when I finally start my new blogging schedule... fingers crossed I can post everyday but I might not be able to :( Anyway... so today is Saturday which means I share with you a quick sketch that either I have done or I have found online... today I was scrolling through DeviantArt and stumbled across this drawing/mini painting... it caught my eye :) 

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Its so simple but unique... What you can see above is work done by cus-tard on DeviantArt... I have never seen any of their work before but by looking at this little sketch I'm intrigued to see more!

Link to this piece of art on DevianArt: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Spaceheart-441890619

Let me know what you think of this artwork by leaving a comment :D

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Thursday, 20 March 2014

New blogging schedule

Hey everyone,

So I thought I'd start a new thing on blog that for everyday or whatever day of the week I'll try to post something different according to that day.

This is the new schedule:

Mondays: pinterest Monday - where I talk to you about something great I've found on pinterest

Tuesdays: tutorial Tuesday - where I share with you a helpful tutorial I've found online

Wednesdays: weekly work - where I share with you an item of art I've found in the week

Thursdays: Topic Talk - where I talk about a topic or style of art

Fridays: Feature Friday - where I talk and share one artists work

Saturdays: Saturday sketch - I share with you a quick sketch or show one I find interesting

Sundays: Sunday snippet - I share with you my favourite youtube video/s of the week

Can't wait to start using this schedule :D

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Kawaii Art - Do you like it?

Hey everyone,

So I'm back again to come to you with another type of art to talk about - Kawaii Art

So you're probably wondering what the hell is Kawaii art????? Well... Kawaii means  "lovable", "cute", or "adorable" in japanese and Kawaii art is just cuteness shown through art etc.

Some examples:

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I find that a lot of Kawaii art is portrayed through cute food or anime girls. Do you like this type of art?


Have you ever heard of it... let me know with a comment :D


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