Small Measures: Homemade Watercolors. I share my home, and my life, with an MFA-toting husband (whose concentration was in painting and color theory), and an active, inquisitive, art-loving 2 year-old. Between the two of them and my own ongoing craft projects and homemade gift-making endeavors, suffice to say, there is a good deal of paint in our lives. Over the winter, I committed myself to organizing our craft/guest/office room. Going through a box of art supplies, I found a very old set of watercolors-as in, freshman-year-of-college-in-’94 old. I figured it was time to get a new set.
Wanting to keep our art supplies as non-toxic possible, it occurred to me that I could make my own watercolors instead of buying them. For today’s Small Measures, in celebration of the Color theme on Design Sponge this month, I’m offering you an incredibly easy and affordable recipe for creating watercolors at home. I really love this watercolor recipe, for so many reasons, but primarily for two. Homemade Watercolors What about you? Honeysuckle Pink Chalkboard | The CSI Project. Aloha! I’m Charlie (pink Charlie…not blue Charlie), and I’m visiting from Oahu today! I just started a little blog called Attempting Aloha to chronicle our renovations on the home we recently purchased here.
But my crafts sort of crept in and took over! I’m a chronic crafter and DIY’er, but I’m learning to live the “Aloha” life. Today I’m going to teach you how to make your very own Honeysuckle chalkboard paint. Here’s what you will need: Dry Non-Sanded Grout (purchased this huge tin at our local City Mill hardware store for $1.50…this will probably last me forever) [easyazon-block align="center" asin="B001JPBFXG" locale="us"] Acrylic craft paints -White, Black, and Bright Magenta (Apple Barrel line by Plaid, found at Wal-mart) NOTE: Our craft stores here on the island are somewhat lacking, so I wasn’t able to find anything perfectly matching Honeysuckle.
Measuring spoons and cups Mixing cup or bowl Paint brush or stick to stir Step 3) Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of white acrylic craft paint. Acrylic Paint Transfer. Supplies needed: Acrylic dabbers, photocopy of an image, water spritzer bottle, paintbrush, card stock, craft sheet and heat tool (optional) Take the lid off the dabbers and brush the paint onto the card stock, ensure you get a good coverage Take your photocopied image ( remember that you will get a reverse of the image, so don't use bold words), flip it over and place it in the acrylic. Lightly press it down making sure it's smooth and not wrinkled Leave to air dry for at least 15 minutes and then if you wish give it a blast with the heat tool Only move onto this step when you are sure your paint is completely dryTake your water filled spritzer bottle, spray the back of the paper no more than two squirts, you don't want it too wet Next start to rub the paper very gently with your finger Keep rubbing and extra spritzing if you need too Eventually you will get rid of all the paper, but it does take a bit of patience as you have to be careful not to wet it too much and rub the image away.
Transfer Images Using Freezer Paper. It was purely by accident that I figured out this method of transferring a printed image. It is simple to do and you don't need any special paper or products! If you can print it from your computer then you can transfer it to a fabric or wood surface. Now, this project I am about to show you is not very exciting, but it will give you the idea of how the transfer is done...so here it goes. I decided to cover my old and dirty mouse pad that looked like this: I used canvas and cut a piece a bit larger that than the mouse pad. Then I cut a piece of "Heat n Bond" the same size as the canvas and, following the instructions, adhered it to the back of my fabric. I then centered the mouse pad onto the back of the canvas and, again, using my iron, adhered the canvas to the top of the mouse pad.
I cut a piece of macramae jute and secured it to the edge of the pad using hot glue. So, now you know how I covered the mouse pad...onto how to do the transfer. Trim the excess freezer paper using sissors. Lesa. Create your own effects puppet inspired by Guido... Create your own effects puppet inspired by Guido Daniele’s beautiful hand paintings. 1 year ago 11,693 notes Back to Blog Tweets by @DIY. Coloring pages for kids! Over 6000 free printable color pages. Dessin, peinture. Draw As A Maniac. Arthur Mask is an amazingly gifted 2d artist and illustrator based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
If you like video game inspired fan artworks, make sure to scroll through his great illustrations below… N.C. Winters is an artist based in the sunny San Diego, constantly drawing, painting, making webcomics, working digitally and even at times sculpting. He paints in watercolor and,or acrylic, usually on paper or wood and often resin the final piece for extra depth and shine. Maria Ilieva was born in 1973 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, in “Mural”. Polish photographer Dariusz Klimczak creates dreamlike landscapes that hypnotize us with their surprising oddity.
T-Wei is a New Zealand based artist and Illustrator known with his distinctive style. Alexandra Khitrova is a Russian artist with great sense of fantasy art. ZhiPeng Song is a great 3d young Chinese artist who has a perfect understanding of Maya, ZBrush, Mudbox and Photoshop. Quick hand-legs-foot tutorial by `Hellobaby on deviantART. Comment dessiner un arbre. Lessons. Cartooning « Young Ebus Art Club. Cartooning materials April 12, 2010 pencil eraser pen printer paper coloured pencils Cartoon Step 1 Letter Faces Draw a capital letter “U” Draw the eyes over the “U” Add a mouth.
Draw a circle around it, add ears Draw a “Z” Add eyes Draw a mouth and eyebrows Draw the head, add hair Draw a “G” Draw eyes Add eyebrows and a mouth Draw the head ears and hair Cartooning 2 Parts of the face Eyes Circle eyes It’s amazing how changing the eyes can totally change your character Expressive eyes Noses More noses Mouths More mouths Cartooning Tip You will be erasing some lines so draw them lightly! Cartooning 4 Action Action stick man Make your stick man move Cartooning 5 student work Here are some stickman poses: some student work Cartooning book Cartooning Materials April 6, 2010. How To Draw Hands - Tutorials. So everybody knows that the hands and the fingers are one of the hardest things to draw.
So here is a personal collection of different hand references, hope to enjoy it and never stop practice. Hogarth hand poses from Iron Giant (middle of page) Mickey Mouse Hand Model Sheet by Les Clark ca. 1932 Merlin hand poses via Deja View Hand drawing tut by uchuucacahuate on deviantart. Excellent hand tutorial by alexds1 on deviantart.com Mr. Useful collection of hand poses by Chrissy Fellmeth Collection of female hand poses by artrush73′s Study of the hand in minimal style. How To Draw Hands Tutorials. Art 1. Optical Design. Life Drawing for Animation demoz.
UPDATE -- This post was featured earlier by Bryan Lee O'Malley himself as well as Drawn! Wasn't expecting this, but I guess I'll be sharing more of my demos from now on! -Stu Hey guys So I've been teaching at CalArts for about a month now, about time I share some stuff. This being my teaching debut, each class has included its fair share of experimentation on my part. Above all, what's worked best for me are the storyboard-demos I open each class with, following a 25-30 minute gesture warmup. Some random anatomy stuff (bones, muscles, joints) the students also keep as a printout for ref But I'm more concerned with how the parts move together, and how they are used practically as tools of expression -- maybe the most experimental part of the demos: Talkin' about legs/feet and how they can express attitudes on their own: Oh, and I did a stroke-by-stroke demo 2 weeks ago that included how I typically draw w/ gesture: -Stu.
Schoolism. Drawing Fundamentals with Thomas Fluharty Every great artist begins with the fundamentals. In this course, award-winning illustrator, Thomas Fluharty, will coach you in the foundational skills that he employs to draw. You will learn how to see your subject, effectively use tones, perspective, and composition, and much more. So whether you're a young artist just beginning your artistic journey, or an older artist who has never been formally trained in fundamentals, in sharing with you his vast experience, Thomas will help make drawing simple.
This course consists of five video lectures presented over six weeks. Lesson Plan Watch Preview Lesson 1 - The Power of Seeing In my first lecture, I will talk about the difference between looking and seeing. Lesson 2 - The Power of Values In this lecture, I will talk about value or tone. Lesson 3 - The Power of Perspective I will start this lesson by discussing perspective and the horizon line.
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