Today's is a bird.
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Saturday, 29 April 2017
Friday, 28 April 2017
Shire horse and art tip
I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is a shire horse.
Today's tip: Try to be the shire horse not the racehorse. Press and even artists, like to portray artists as unreliable and flighty, this may be because they wish them harm, or it may be because it makes them interesting to write about, but ether way, it can sneak into your thinking about art. Forget it! Leave the the fidgeting and kicking to the racehorse. Be the shire horse, get that cart and lean on it, overcome it's resistance to starting, drag it up hill. The beauty of art is, if you do this, you will very soon look behind to see you have left both shire horse and racehorse on the ground, because you have become the kestrel, whipping over uphill ground, now irrelevant to you!
Today's drawing is a shire horse.
Today's tip: Try to be the shire horse not the racehorse. Press and even artists, like to portray artists as unreliable and flighty, this may be because they wish them harm, or it may be because it makes them interesting to write about, but ether way, it can sneak into your thinking about art. Forget it! Leave the the fidgeting and kicking to the racehorse. Be the shire horse, get that cart and lean on it, overcome it's resistance to starting, drag it up hill. The beauty of art is, if you do this, you will very soon look behind to see you have left both shire horse and racehorse on the ground, because you have become the kestrel, whipping over uphill ground, now irrelevant to you!
#drawingadayclub #kirsteenlyonsart
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Irises and an art tip
I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is irises.
Today's tip: Try to restrict your colour. Paint boxes come with all these tempting little trays of colour, but it's seldom a good idea to use the green for leaves, brown for trunk, blue for sky, yellow for sun... you end up with too many and it's not harmonious.
I find you can use any colour for anything as long at you restrict the number in each artwork.
#drawingadayclub #kirsteenlyonsart
Today's drawing is irises.
Today's tip: Try to restrict your colour. Paint boxes come with all these tempting little trays of colour, but it's seldom a good idea to use the green for leaves, brown for trunk, blue for sky, yellow for sun... you end up with too many and it's not harmonious.
I find you can use any colour for anything as long at you restrict the number in each artwork.
#drawingadayclub #kirsteenlyonsart
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Jasmine's friend drawing
I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is my daughter's friend drawing.
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Today's is my daughter's friend drawing.
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Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Jasmine drawing again.
I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is Jasmine drawing.
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Today's is Jasmine drawing.
#drawingadayclub #kirsteenlyonsart
Monday, 24 April 2017
Page of rabbits and art tip
I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is a page of rabbits, and a little pencil test in the corner.
Today's tip: Things are not really made of lines, they are areas of colour, and light and shade. Try out a little light and shade, pencils have a range, shown in the corner of the picture, get some nice soft ones (2B, 3B... the Bs are soft) and take some part of the drawing as dark as you can.
#drawingadayclub #kirsteenlyonsart
Today's drawing is a page of rabbits, and a little pencil test in the corner.
Today's tip: Things are not really made of lines, they are areas of colour, and light and shade. Try out a little light and shade, pencils have a range, shown in the corner of the picture, get some nice soft ones (2B, 3B... the Bs are soft) and take some part of the drawing as dark as you can.
#drawingadayclub #kirsteenlyonsart
Sunday, 23 April 2017
Bluebell and a tip from Andromeda
I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.
Today's drawing is a bluebell done with pen and splashing water on no colour-fast tissue paper. Playing basically! I have included a picture of my process.
Today's tip is from Andromeda Edison
http://www.independentwords.com/
Andromeda Edison I help writers get their books self published and often cheer on a writer to complete their book so I can edit it.
One thing I often find myself saying is to just write a little every day. To not worry about the selling, what the editor is going to say or anything else. Just concentrate on what they are trying to communicate and communicate it. Don't worry right that second if it is the best you could have done, if the editor is going to change it. Just do it.
Some of the most beautiful writing I have seen has come from people who are just telling their story.
Today's drawing is a bluebell done with pen and splashing water on no colour-fast tissue paper. Playing basically! I have included a picture of my process.
Today's tip is from Andromeda Edison
http://www.independentwords.com/
Andromeda Edison I help writers get their books self published and often cheer on a writer to complete their book so I can edit it.
One thing I often find myself saying is to just write a little every day. To not worry about the selling, what the editor is going to say or anything else. Just concentrate on what they are trying to communicate and communicate it. Don't worry right that second if it is the best you could have done, if the editor is going to change it. Just do it.
Some of the most beautiful writing I have seen has come from people who are just telling their story.
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