I've been drawing since I was 3. I've never taken a drawing class. Mom told me I, first, drew a mother putting her baby to sleep in a cradle.
Things have evolved since then, as I felt steered towards somewhat of a fashion-design-meets-manga hybrid. Lots of half-naked bodies, endless legs, owl-like eyes, full-fledged lips and size zero waists all wrapped up in a touch of ambiguous endurance of
Drawing Day on Saturday June 7th is officially launched today.
This brand new initiative aims to:
submit a million drawings to various social networking sites - in one day!
promote the different ways artists can use various social networking sites to display and/or promote their drawings.In a world where computer-generated replaces handmade, people often take creativity and artistic skill for
I am always fascinated by pencil drawing and sketches. From the very young age I have passion for drawing and still now when I am a teacher, I love to teach simple and easy tips/techniques to my nursery class students. I enjoy the creativity and versatality of my student's art/drawings. From the web, you can find many resources or sites, which can teach you FREE lessons, tips about drawing. Toad Hollow Studio is run by by Carol Rosinski, who is an artist and basically teaches pencil drawings. She is author of "Drawing Made Easy", but at her site and blog, she is offering a lot of free stuff for drawing learners.The name of the site is very attractive and Carol says: "Since my artwork is inspired by the life I see around me everyday, I named my art studio "Toad Hollow Studio." Carol descri
Ipsos Surveys is a company that I happen to really like a lot. They're not really a "paid survey" company, but they allow you to win realistic prizes and fun things in exchange for your time. I have read that people have called them a scam, however, I actually HAVE won cash money two times ~ both screenshots are posted on this blog.
Currently they are offering some really cool prizes that
The US military is drawing up plans for a “surgical strike” against an insurgent training camp inside Iran if Republican Guards continue with attempts to destabilise Iraq, western intelligence sources said last week. […]
The US military is drawing up plans for a "surgical strike" against an insurgent training camp inside Iran if Republican Guards continue with attempts to destabilise Iraq, western intelligence sources said last week. One source said the Americans were growing increasingly angry at the involvement of the Guards' special-operations Quds force inside Iraq, training Shi'ite militias and smuggling weapons into the country. Despite a belligerent stance by Vice-President Dick Cheney, the administration has put plans for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities on the back burner since Robert Gates replaced Donald Rumsfeld as defence secretary in 2006, the sources said. However, US commanders are increasingly concerned by Iranian interference in Iraq and are determined that recent succes
Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12.
It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.
Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them be creative.
Credits/Source: Tux Paint web site.
License: Open Source software (distributed under the
Calling someone a noob over Voice Chat or Text Chat in Call of Duty has become a tad cliche. If you have a bit of spare time, some artistic skill and really want to humiliate them try something like the image below.
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Feel free to copy and distribute this image [...]
Volume two of Stephen King's seven part "Dark Tower" series is a very different beast to volume one. This is a good thing, as I found that the first book tried to hard to be an epic. You can read my review of that here.
In volume two, Roland, the Last Gunslinger finds three doors into other places and people. The book is entirely set on a seemingly endless beach. The beach that the Gunslinger
Upcoming cruise centre in Singapore Marina South drawing interest from industry players
By Pamela Almeda,
SINGAPORE : The upcoming cruise terminal in Marina South is drawing a lot of attention from industry players.
With the appointment of the new terminal operator expected by the third quarter of this year, some in the industry are wondering if they could [...]
One of the best ways to organize your ideas and produce tangible results from brainstorming sessions is to use a mind map. A mind map is simply an organic way of growing your ideas from one central topic to many related subtopics; this branching process helps you step down from an initial, abstract concept down to more specific and concrete ideas.This screencast shows how to draw mind maps using SmartDraw.
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Waking up to find your house is on fire is one of those nightmares that we all hope we never have to live through - but it happened to Justin Ruthven-Tyers (picture) and his wife Linda when they were living in an ancient cottage on the edge of Exmoor back in 1992. The house was 'upside down' with the bedrooms on the ground floor and the living accommodation upstairs and Justin describes waking to a strange roaring noise, then reaching up to feel the ceiling above his head hot to the touch before making a hasty exit. Within minutes, the building was a blazing inferno. Despite having no practical experience of building or woodwork, Justin decided to rebuild it himself, and having done so, kind of caught a building bug which for some obscure reason resulted in a decision to construct a gaffer
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This picture was drawn by a young Chadian boy in a camp for displaced persons in Eastern Chad. His drawing describes the attack on his village by Janjaweed militias from Sudan. On the top left hand corner of the drawing is written ‘ataque village’ (French for ‘attack of the village’). The attackers, wearing military uniforms and on camels are shooting civilians with machine guns and burning their houses. Bullets are coming from all over. Next to each civilian that is shot is the word ‘Morts’ which is the plural of ‘dead’ in French.More posts on The Road about DarfurPicture courtesy wagingpeace.info
The lucky winner of the Young Punks T-shirt Giveaway chosen by the Random Number Generator is “kelli” who said her favorite was the Classic Smiley.
Congratulations!
kelli, Please e-mail me at thelotuscarroll@gmail.com and we’ll get the ball rolling on getting your shirt to you.
And if you didn’t win… well, why are you still here instead of over at [...]
We have had another birthday! My hubby works with someone who is a very talented artist. This is a pencil sketch of our daughter drawn from a photo of her. She loved his drawings and has said how she would love to have one so we asked him. It took about a month but he drew a picture of her and at no charge! Thank you Jonathan! Our daughter absolutely loves it, in fact, I think she was trying not to cry when she opened it. She was so surprised and happy!
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marita
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Light is fundamental to photography. It illuminates the subject being photographed, and records its image on the film. The word “photography” comes from the Greek and means to draw or to write (graphos) with light (photos). From the 5th century BC to the present, we have been fascinated by images formed by light. [...]
An odd creature that relates on a familiar and personal level. At times I wonder if this piece is a self-portrait. I believe the feeling I conveyed was something light-hearted, yet strangely different, and at the same time comfortable. His antlers represent an always present attention to the unknown and a connection to the spiritual [...]
Frank Thomas, at least in my opinion, still has some baseball left in him - this despite Thomas having notoriously slow Aprils lately. Apparently, at least one other American League team agrees; according to Buster Olney of ESPN The Magazine, the Oakland Athletics are debating internally as to whether they will sign Thomas to a contract - probably within the next 48 hours. Prior to his release from the Toronto Blue Jays, Thomas was batting only .167 in 60 at-bats, prompting talent evaluators to question whether Thomas' bat speed has regressed to the point of no return.While the A's are tied for first in the AL West, they are debating whether Thomas is worth the trouble; the A's want to ensure that their young base of core players continue getting their at-bats. But on the flip-side, they'r
Typically, complex circuits are not arranged in nice, neat, clean schematic diagrams for us to follow. They are often drawn in such a way that makes it difficult to follow which components are in series and which are in parallel with each other. The purpose of this section is to show you a method useful for re-drawing circuit schematics in a neat and orderly fashion. Like the stage-reduction strategy for solving series-parallel combination circuits, it is a method easier demonstrated than described. Let's start with the following (convoluted) circuit diagram. Perhaps this diagram was originally drawn this way by a technician or engineer. Perhaps it was sketched as someone traced the wires and connections of a real circuit. In any case, here it is in all its ugliness: With electric
Here's another page about recycling that can be used for Earth Day next week, or really for any recycling subject at any time. It's titled, with a half-page of lines and a drawing space at the bottom. You could use the bottom for things that can be recycled, the process of recycling a particular object, what the world would be like if we didn't recycle, or many more drawings.
**Recycling -
Red Vines is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Red Vines Original Twist Trays by bringing back its drawing contest with lots of great prizes, including an educational scholarship or a vacation for four and the chance to have winning drawings featured on the Red Vines tray packaging.
Just create a Red Vines themed [...]
Chokushi-Mon
coloured pencils in Daler Rowney sketchbook (8.5" x 11.5")
copyright Katherine Tyrrell
We visited the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew this week and I attempted to draw the Japanese Gateway (the Chokushi-Mon) while at the same time trying to remember all the things I'd been learning as part of my Japanese Art Project. This post is about I designed my sketch and the things I now need to
Drawing Board ActiveX Control acts as a drawing board for creating online drawing programs rapidly. The OCX is lightweight and flexible, and gives developers new possibilities for drawing flowcharts, organizational charts, workflow, network diagrams and other business charts in a form or web page. You can custom the toolbars and template library according your requirement.299$Buy NowDownload
I think all you South Park enthusiasts will get a kick out of this.
I’d love to take credit, but I could barely manage the stick version of this. Anyway, not sure who did it, but all the credit goes to them.
clipped from ,2933,344350,00.htmlMADISON, Wis. — A Tomah High School student has filed a federal lawsuit alleging his art teacher censored his drawing because it featured a cross and a biblical reference.The lawsuit alleges other students were allowed to draw "demonic" images and asks a judge to declare a class policy prohibiting religion in art unconstitutional.The lawsuit also alleges school officials allow other religious items and artwork to be displayed on campus.A Buddha and Hindu figurines are on display in a social studies classroom, the lawsuit claims, adding the teacher passionately teaches Hindu principles to students.In addition, a replica of Michaelangelo's "The Creation of Man" is displayed at the school's entrance, a picture of a six-limbed Hindu deity is in the school's h
clipped from ,2933,344350,00.htmlMADISON, Wis. — A Tomah High School student has filed a federal lawsuit alleging his art teacher censored his drawing because it featured a cross and a biblical reference.The lawsuit alleges other students were allowed to draw "demonic" images and asks a judge to declare a class policy prohibiting religion in art unconstitutional.The lawsuit also alleges school officials allow other religious items and artwork to be displayed on campus.A Buddha and Hindu figurines are on display in a social studies classroom, the lawsuit claims, adding the teacher passionately teaches Hindu principles to students.In addition, a replica of Michaelangelo's "The Creation of Man" is displayed at the school's entrance, a picture of a six-limbed Hindu deity is in the school's h
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) plans to publish five “critical” security bulletins, three “important” ones, as well as a number of “high-priority” non-security updates, on 8 April 2008.
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I was asked, “What was your inspiration for this drawing?” My reply was, “Umm..inspiration.” I could think of a million reasons why I drew this - something I read in the Bible, a feeling that from within us we create our own reality, God’s hand, etc. But it all comes down to feeling inspired. By [...]
Have you download my first chinese drawing psp theme its cool huh??how with my second Theme??she's also more beautiful, cute, isn't she?? i think she likes my girlfriend, hohoho...just dreaming...Here i give you the second ..Download Beauty Chinese Drawing PSP Theme 2 This PSP Themes compatible with XMB 3.70 , 3.71 , 3,8 or 3.9 version
Marmande - study #1
7" x 5", coloured pencils
copyright Katherine Tyrrell
Artists have been using mechanical and optical aids to help them with their drawing for a very long time. However views about which are "OK" and which are not tends to vary quite a bit and can, on occasion, stimulate lots of debate!
This post provides an overview - with links - to some of the aids which artists have used
I started drawing this while on the phone at work. Looks like it turned out to be some sort of car. 1930’s era maybe? I tend to draw while I talk on the phone. My desk gets littered with little drawings quite often. Half the time I have no [...]
Tutorial from webtutes.com
Today i`ll do this:
First make a new page 500×500. Make a Square with rectangle tool (to make it perfect hit shift while doing it) with this color overlay:
Tip: To make the shape vector select “Shape layers” from the rectangle menu :
Next duplicate the square layer and apply color overlay to it:
Then [...]
My art for this post is a miniature ACEO scratchboard drawing titled 'White Lilies'. The image size is 3 1/2" x 2 1/2". For information and detailed pictures of this drawing, click on the image, and you will be taken to it's web page. You can also contact me with any comments or questions you might have.Worldwide Women Artists is pleased to announce a series of international group exhibits. These exhibits are hosted by a different member online each month. Visit this month's WWAO Online Exhibition titled, Our Art, Our Selves: Selected Self-Portraits, hosted by member artist Robin Hernandez.Visit 'Worldwide Women Artist who Blog' for a list of the greatest women artist bloggers from around the world!Technorati tags: art, artwork, artist, scratchboard, drawing, scratchboard art, DMD Scratch
Here i added new PSP Themes for you. i called this theme Beauty Chinese Drawing PSP Theme...How about it?? sexy, huh??Just click link below if you want itDownload Beauty Chinese Drawing PSP ThemeDon't miss to download other Chinese Drawing ptf file next timeThis PSP Theme compatible with XMB 3.7 firmware or higher version
Okay guys the drawing is finally here! The list of links was organized randomly using random.org and assigned a number as follows (click on the picture to see a larger version):
The numbers 1-58 were listed in Random.org’s random number generator and the following number was picked (click on the picture to see a larger version):
Congratulations [...]
The video below to me is blatantly boring buy hey always worth showing so you can judge for yourselves.
The video is about the PlayStation Network Drawing Room where they are trying to say you can get connected to a world of endless possibilities. Ok yes there are many possibilities but come on the amount of [...]
The detachment from the team. The power-share with Larry Bird. The off-the-court shenanigans involving Indiana Pacers players the past few years. Whatever the case may be, this could be the final year that Indiana Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh is involved with the team, according to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News. Walsh is [...]
My art for this post is a miniature ACEO scratchboard drawing titled 'Malachite'. The image size is 3 1/2" x 2 1/2". For information and detailed pictures of this drawing, click on the image, and you will be taken to it's web page. You can also contact me with any comments or questions you might have.Worldwide Women Artists is pleased to announce a series of international group exhibits. These exhibits are hosted by a different member online each month. Visit this month's WWAO Online Exhibition titled, Our Art, Our Selves: Selected Self-Portraits, hosted by member artist Robin Hernandez.Visit 'Worldwide Women Artist who Blog' for a list of the greatest women artist bloggers from around the world!Technorati tags: art, artwork, artist, scratchboard, drawing, scratchboard art, DMD Scratchboa
Portrait of Ben
11" x 14", coloured pencil on Saunders Waterford Hot Press
copyright Katherine Tyrrell
I did this coloured pencil portrait drawing of Ben in my drawing class last night. Some of you may remember the three pen and ink drawings I did on one large piece of paper about six weeks ago - Three perspectives on Ben - in this post.
I decided to just do the one drawing and see how far I
PREVIEW-Soccer-Arsenal look to snap out of drawing run (Reuters) Arsenal can expect to be staring up at Manchester United by the time they kick off at home to Middlesbrough in the Premier League on Saturday evening. Source: sports.yahoo.com
Recently I went through a month of keeping track of everything I ate, what meds I took, how I felt each day. This information was supposed to lead me to a new way of eating that would make my symptoms improve or go away. Well, it didn't work out exactly as hoped. I found out two of the meds I was taking were causing a lot of the symptoms. So now I have changed or eliminated those meds. Still having some symptoms, although the primary problems of never leaving the bathroom behind has greatly improved. So, I'm beginning on the Control Phase of the Detection Diet as presented by The Tuesday Club. Maybe this time I'll find the answers I'm looking for.
I’d really like to talk to my doctor about how I’ve been feeling lately, but which one? My endo seems only to be interested in my BG numb
In yet another line of news involving our second baseman, Brian Roberts - here's the newest rumor - this time from ESPN's Jason Stark.I don't know what to believe anymore, but the news of him being traded has been in place at least three or so months. We should applaud Andy MacPhail for his patience, and it is only a forgone conclusion that Roberts will be traded, but when?Bird Land: An official of one club that has been in touch with the Orioles and Cubs predicts the Orioles will trade Brian Roberts to Wrigleyville in the third week of March. The most likely package continues to be Roberts and Jay Payton for Sean Gallagher, Ronny Cedeno and at least one more prospect.Read More at Oriole Magic...
My art for this post is a miniature scratchboard drawing titled 'Snowy Owl'. The image size is 4" x 6". For information and detailed pictures of this drawing, click on the image, and you will be taken to it's web page. You can also contact me with any comments or questions you might have.Worldwide Women Artists is pleased to announce a series of international group exhibits. These exhibits are hosted by a different member online each month. Visit this month's WWAO Online Exhibition titled, Our Art, Our Selves: Selected Self-Portraits, hosted by member artist Robin Hernandez.Visit 'Worldwide Women Artist who Blog' for a list of the greatest women artist bloggers from around the world!Technorati tags: art, artwork, artist, scratchboard, drawing, scratchboard art, DMD Scratchboard Gallery, D
Drawing With The Help of VisualizationBy Jan Hackett
Most pieces of artwork start with an outline drawing whether you are going to do a watercolor painting, portrait, pet portrait, landscape or seascape. Outline drawings are used as an effective tool to start simple sketching, cartooning, can be used for the beginning stages of a [...]
Open paint. These eggs require usage of your ctrl key, so if you use ctrl to select a tertiary color, you will most likely want to select it to be the same as your primary color when using these eggs. (Tertiary colors are selected by holding ctrl while picking a color.) To stamp, select part of the image and hold ctrl while dragging it. To scuff, select part of the image and hold shift while dragging it. To use brush pressure, hold ctrl and press - or + on the keypad while drawing, spraying, or using a shape tool. To draw straight or diagonal lines with the pencil, hold Shift and move the mouse in that direction.
Most of my Studio students have all but finished with the third assignment from Betty Edwards‘ video Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.
In this exercise, the students use a plastic viewfinder to map out a foreshortened view of their hand using a vis-a-vis markers. They take their modified viewfinder and then translate that [...]
Drawing Demo - How to Draw the Chetnole Church by Mike Budden
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How to draw: Using a photograph.
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I have been using my Shu Uemura brow pencil for a while now. However, it needs sharpening and I’m too busy to go down to the local Shu Uemura counter to get it sharpened properly.
So, I decided...
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I'd claim "spring fever" as the reason why I've been writing twice a week these days....Except it's not quite spring and I'm far from feverish.I got a dog a month ago...can I prop myself up on that as an excuse?
I got a few tutorials for you that will help improve your portraits in the post-processing. There is something to learn from each of them. One shows that the eye can be multi-colored, other shows that the white space of the eye must also be taken under consideration, and, not as the last thing, you [...]
Where or how do you draw the line when it comes to restricting different carbon dense activities? Are your lines sharp and definite or do they tend to become blurry and vague? For many cases you may not have drawn any lines yet.
Handicraft is the term given to an artifact made by using conventional methods and tools. It is characterized by minimum or no use of machines. Early civilizations witnessed the making of handicrafts for various purposes. A particular section of the people began making handicrafts for royalty or the influential people of the period, for trade and commerce and for the general public. Indus Valley Civilization in India observed the mass production of pottery and beads for the purposes mentioned above. The invention of the metallurgical techniques led to a great development in the production of metal handicrafts. Copper was the first metal to be discovered and numerous artifacts were made in copper and bronze. Similarly gold and silver and finally iron proved to be decisive in the metallurgic
This past week I started walking my students through Betty Edwards‘ Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain material using the DRSB video. I was excited to try out this course since learning to draw is top of the list for nearly all of my students and had hoped Dr. Edwards’ credentials would have [...]
Werner Pfarr is an artist friend who lives in Nice, France and makes great little drawings that he publishes on Awaiting a Drawing. What I love about Werner's work is his projects. One project is his Free Drawings. Werner offers a free drawing and sends it to the first person who requests it asking only that they make a photograph of the drawing in their home (or wherever) and email the photo back to him. Werner then makes a drawing of that photograph which he offers as the next free drawing. Above I have posted my photograph of his Free drawing #16. If you follow his posts, you'll eventually see his drawing of my photograph. Werner's coolest project is Audible Drawings. It's right up my alley (if you remember my John Cage post from the first of the year), beautifull
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin - Paintings and DrawingBy Daniel Mendieta
Now at the Louvre in Paris for the first time in 80 years, audiences can view the entire collection of Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. Gabriel de Saint-Aubin was a French artist and painter who lived from 1724 to 1780 during the reign of King Louis XV. His masterful [...]
Patricia #1
pen and pigment ink
copyright Katherine Tyrrell
These are a couple of drawings from last night's class. The light isn't good enough to get a photo so I've scanned what I can.
I had a lovely model to draw last night called Patricia Hammond who turned out to be a professional mezzo-soprano who performs opera, operetta, oratorio, lieder, art songs and parlour songs. You can hear her
"Anytime the perfume of orange and lemon groves wafts in the window;the human body has to feel suffused with a languorous well-being."Frances Mayes, Bella Tuscany 'ORANGE & OLIVE OIL CAKE'This is the 'Orange & Olive Oil Cake' I made, inspired by the Cenk's recipe. He made his 'Clementine and Olive Oil Cake' inspired by the “Olive Oil and Sherry Pound Cake” recipe from Alice Medrich’s book “Pure Dessert”. Inspirations galore resulted in a lovely, moist cake, with a crumb as light as ever...& no butter! There is a very Mediterranean feel to the recipe...& the taste is even better 2 days later. My friend from the land of the babushkas got me some poppy seeds, & I was wondering what use to put them to? This did seem the perfect place to bung them in. The kids love
Following some good advice I've lightened his nostrils from the last post - I think it's much better now. Do you think so? Sam, 5 months old, mechanical pencil in moleskine sketchbook, Vivien BlackburnCrit from friends with a clear fresh eye is so useful..
Sam, 5 months old. Pencil sketch. Vivien BlackburnDrawing babies isn't the easiest thing to do - but now Sam is developing a distinct character and personality of his own it's getting easier. This is in my moleskine sketchbook - I do wish they would make a larger size of these because I like them for drawing in but even this 'large' size is in fact small. He was absolutely delighted with this stuffed toy that jingled and made noises and he's very sociable, loving the interaction with those around him. He has very dark eyes. It made a change from the beaches :>).
Across the beach, late afternoon, cool day, charcoal and coloured pencil, 18 ins sq. Vivien BlackburnAnother experiment with the charcoal and coloured pencil combination on grey paper - this time I did something I rarely do and included figures and a dog - it helps give the scale of those cliffs and rocks - the figures should actually be slightly smaller but the pencils wouldn't cooperate any smaller than this :>)Done using willow charcoal, polychromos and Lyra coloured pencils and a battery operated eraser on grey rough paper (which eats the pencils).The curve in the horizon is the paper not lying flat - not me tipping the sea up! detail enlarged - on the drawing this is less than half an inch highthe figures are just very loosely suggested, with their dog playing in the water. detail fro
Every small business owner dreams of drawing up a good marketing plan, implementing it and seeing revenue increase. It is worth taking a look at the elements of a strategically relevant plan that is detailed enough for the business person to assess the suitability of a large number of available marketing tactics appropriate to the [...]
Drawings from a life class in Penzance
pencil and graphite stick in a sketchbook
copyright Katherine Tyrrell
Yesterday in 'who's made a mark this week?' I did a round-up of some posts by bloggers who go to a life drawing class. It's been suggested to me that maybe more people would try a life drawing class if they knew what to expect.
So - I've developed a draft of a guide to life drawing and
Congratulations, Carrie- Eliana drew your name! You will be the blessed winner of any one of the books I've reviewed- there are now over fifty to choose from! E-mail me with your mailing address and your book choice, and I will have it sent straightaway!Thanks so much, dear readers, for joining the fun!
Drawing a Head 14th January 2008 # 1,2 and 3
pencil
copyright Katherine Tyrrell
I never know what I'm going to be doing in drawing class each week.
The journey there is influential. If my drive to the borders of Shoreditch and Hoxton is a short and relaxing affair then I arrive feeling energetic and ready for anything. So what if I've drawn the model(s) any number of times before - I can find
(Would you like to own one of the children's books I've reviewed? All you have to do is leave a comment for me with your name (even if you aren't a blogger, just watch for the drawing so you can e-mail me with your address!) and I will have Eliana draw a winner on Sunday evening, the seventeenth.)The Song of Francis and the Animalsby Pat MoraWoodcuts by David Frampton So calming, this story... the gentle cadence and lyrical prose bring such peace, and the woodcut illustrations, gorgeous yet simple, are a joy to behold.This book is about St. Francis of Assisi, who "preached to people and dogs and flowers and fish and frogs". We follow his sandals, chicks and lambs parading behind him, as he saves a worm, tames a wolf, and even re-enacts the manger scene at Christmas time with his animal fri
If I had more time to draw, I would love to make comics. Not superhero comics, but comics that deal with the little things in life. And probably, they would star chickens. Here's a few pages from my sketchbook- I know they're just about impossible to see, but if you click on them, they get larger, and then they are almost possible to see.Special thanks to Dan for saying "Families love cake". He's always saying things that strike me as funny in a dada-ist sense. Another classic Dan random expression: "I remember no bears." Oh, right: so- I'm trying to draw a lot more. I now actually have the time, I just have to give it to myself.A new obstacle to drawing: a certain little brother happens to have left a giant keyboard on my kitchen table. And it can make drumrolls and other fabulous sound e
I am a drawing and art lover and from my childhood I was among few students who were interested in drawing, art and crafts, and their work was always appreciated. Even now I am taking art, crafts and drawing classes at my school. I still search for art and drawing links at the net, and now it's time to share those links with other teachers and students who love to draw. Most of the given links are FREE.1- Drawing tutorial at "South wind" by "Rebekah Lynn"Includes:* Basic drawing steps* The tools* Understanding the art of shadingYou may subscribe to their newsletter if you want to be informed of new art from SouthWind!2- Kinder art.com is the largest collection of free art lessons on the internet. It started in 1997, providing an opportunity for parents, educators, artists, students to have
It's go time, kids!After extensive laboring, uploading e-mail addresses and building one of those spinny-wheels with the Bingo balls in them, I have come up with the 24 pairings for the CDP Nationwide Mix-Tape Exchange #2. Everyone that signed up has someone that they will create a mix-tape for, and in tune, they have someone who will make one for them.The pairings are as follows. The drawing was random; a co-worker picked a number, and I eliminated the names, 'MASH'-style. Because there were more guys than girls, there are a few situations where a married guy will be making a love-themed mix for another married guy. Don't fret, it's not going to turn you gay or anything, I promise. Here we go.1. The Missus will be making a mix for Bruce Dierbeck.2. Emily Mills will be making a mix for Blu
From some of the comments I’ve gotten, most readers of this Blog haven’t seen a Cranium Candy movie… and a lot haven’t really seen many “B-Movies.” I think it’d be fun to mail out a movie to a few of you who would really like to see one and comment. I’m not interested in getting “reviews”… just if you want to write a couple sentences about the movie… not to “promote” the movie, really… just some real reactions to it or the B-Movie style in general. Plus, we’ll post your picture in the Blog too, if you want. I’ll mail a few of you a free DVD of one of our movies. Here are the basic requirements: Must be excited about watching a B-Movie Must be 18+Have a U.S. or Canadian mailing address of some kind (po box is okay)Haven’t
The Practice & Science of Drawing written by Harrold Speed in 1913 Associé de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, &c.With 93 Illustrations & DiagramsA amazing and classic book talking about drawing. It is so classic that everyone should collect it as soon as passible. The book contains 295 pages and 93 amazing arts. No metter you are artist or just learn to draw. This book is fantastic book for you.Following are preface and contents tablePREFACEPermit me in the first place to anticipate the disappointment of any student who opens this book with the idea of finding "wrinkles" on how to draw faces, trees, clouds, or what not, short cuts to excellence in drawing, or any of the tricks so popular with the drawing masters o
This tutorial will show You how to place a fire on someone's hands.First, we have to chose a photo for our future work. I've picked this one. When You open Your photo in Photoshop make first step: Image -> Adjustments -> Desaturate (Shift + Ctrl + U). That will be our base image (I'll resize it to 450x600 px for presentation - You may work with larger image if You want.Now we will add a Adjustment Layer called Levels. Hold Alt Key, and click on Adjustments Layer button on Layers Palette. Select Levels. Make Sure that Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask is sellected. Then just slide dark arrow a little right.As You can see - image is a little darker now. Now we will draw some fire. Make New Layer, select soft brush of the size You will choise, and using dark orange colour (for exampl
`Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, this it overflows upon the outward world.’ Nathaniel Hawthorne
This drawing exercise is aimed at developing your eye/hand relationship. This can only be done by getting in there and drawing.
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A weak dollar could draw more attention in the coming year.The dollar's slide against other major currencies in recent years has helped drive up prices for energy and food and in turn contributed to the economic hardship some consumers face. A further drop in the dollar in 2008 could spell more trouble.Dave Minucci who works at JPMorgan Chase says a recent home heating bill was $120 higher than at the same time last year due to higher energy prices and a weaker dollar. He sees what many Americans may not realize: With commodities from oil to natural gas to grain to meat priced in dollars and becoming more expensive as the greenback falls, consumers have to take more out of their wallets to simply buy the same amount of goods. And a lower dollar can also raise the cost of imported goods.The dollar has fallen because of concerns among investors worldwide about the U.S. economy, especially since a cascade of home mortgages has soured in the past year. And the dollar's slide itself has f
SE Drawing Extractor is a must-have tool to automate extraction of 2D and 3D drawings from proprietary Solid Edge format to AutoCAD ® and CAM compatible DWG, DXF, SAT, IGS, JT, STP, XGL and PLMXML files.SE Drawing Extractor is usually used as a link between design department (Solid Edge files) and engineering and production teams, vendors and customers - all people that need to have a simple access to all files in a standard way.SE Drawing Extractor requires a valid license of Solid Edge installed on the same computer.Let's take a look at the options that are available in SE Drawing Extractor:First, you setup paths to your folders with Solid Edge files. (You can even setup multiple folder sets and custom file filters for each folder). Download
