Day 6854

TEA PARTY SOCIETY HAS BEEN APPROVED :O 

o3o tea and cake shall commence soon.

Also now I have all my cards back. So..... All that work I've been putting off o.o ... I kinda need to do it. My teachers must be kinda annoyed at my lack of productivity recently o.o

And my room is a mess o.o 

And I need a shower o.o...... Might go do that now..... Rewatch some animations curl my hair make thumbnails.... O.o ideas....

Rosie recommendations on Drawing

1 - Artist colour study - Thumbnail size famous piece of art and then copy it largescale the point being to be  getting the colours as close as you can only using your eyes, to help with colour understanding.

2 - Musical images - Listen to music with a range of crayons at your fingertips and then draw how you see the music, you'll concentrate on how it makes you feel and the parts that are repeated and how it all works together thus giving you a better understanding of the kind of music to use in your work. Also helps with colour theory and practice of mixing crayon colours.

3 - Timed life drawings - From 30 seconds to 15 minutes, Real life or from images getting used to sketching the human form quickly in a few strokes that will help train your eyes to see proportions and to better express what you want to do in the future, 

4 - A drawing a day - Let your imagination go free this is your chance to come up with whatever you want, and keep a record of it somewhere because although it may not be useful now in  the future, you never know it might be. This works for story ideas or character designs also

5 - Look at other media - keep an eye on art blog sites and pages to be inspired by what's already out there, listen to music, read books. Don't confine yourself to one style or understanding of art explore all the different areas, this will help you grow as an artist

6 - Draw without looking - Take your time the aim of this is to go as slow as you can, find an object or someones face and without looking or taking your pen of the paper draw them ... These probably won't look amazing, but that's not the point of this exercise.

7 - Draw with your other hand - Right handed? Draw with your left. Left handed? Draw with your right and hey at least if you become a master at this and you break one hand you'll have a back up plan right? 

8 - Sketch book - This is your bible, have it on you just write random notes in it, do random drawings, see something cool? Sketch it. Kinda like a visual diary I guess it's just good practice.... And fun. 

9 - Practice - If you want to get better at something faster do it when you're relaxed and happy and when you WANT to do it the happier you are about doing something the faster you will learn it... Because of hormones and things O.o Well you'll want to quit less.... But yes this is a skill you will need to practice. 

10 - Don't be disheartened - You may look at other peoples images and think... I'll never be that good.... Why am I even trying? What's the point of this? There are so many good artists already I can't bring anything new let alone good to the table.... This is something a lot of people feel even the accomplished ones and it's totally normal. Instead of looking at others work and thinking "  I will never be able to do that...." Try changing your mindset and think " one day I'm going to be better than that"