Hints and Tips for Budding Artists
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Doing an Accurate Drawing
Posted by Patricia on 22 Dec 2006 | Tagged as: Hints and Tips for Budding Artists
If you are working from a photograph and having trouble deciding whether or not your drawing is accurate, try looking at it in a mirror. You’ll immediately see any flaws.
And better than that, try working on your drawing or painting upside down - looking at your photograph upside down as well. It really helps the brain to let go of the stereotypical images we so often associate with everyday items or body parts.
Keeping a Swipe File
Posted by Patricia on 22 Dec 2006 | Tagged as: Hints and Tips for Budding Artists
If you’re always wondering what you’re going to do for your next painting, start keeping a ’swipe’ file. Label a folder ‘Swipe’ and the next time you see an interesting picture or anything that stimulates your creative juices, rip it out (hopefully it’s your own magazine) and drop it in your file. Or do a quick thumbnail sketch with notes to remind you of why you found that particular subject exciting. Then when you’re having a case of ‘painter’s block’, you can refer to all these images. Generally I only have to open a file - I keep about 10 with different subject titles…Scenery, hockey, backgrounds, particular color combos etc. - to bring back that excitment and then I’m on my way!