Itching to Create

i've been so busy with school recently.

so i haven't been able to practice many techniques

with my prismacolor colored pencils.

i realized in a drawing or two,

that i press WAAAY too hard with my prismacolors!

i need new paper, new techniques!

and i'm getting all of my tips and ideas from

prismacolor's website, of course!

click HERE.

enjoy, and good luck!

How My Girl is Doin'

the color of the photo is kinda off,

but here it is so far!

i'll get another photo eventually,

with better color representation.

My Sketches: I Do the Hair Last

self portrait (the other side will be how i'd LIKE to look)

ditto

didgeridoo (will draw more pushed into red dirt where the feet are)

her hair will come

mouthful of sea urchin

still need to figure out what color hair would suit her, and what color her doe eyes should be

these are the other projects i've been working on.

thank goodness i've put them on hold!

the afro picture is good practice for the blending

i'll be most comfortable with.

i'm quite satisfied!

Try, Try Again

learning from blending mistakes

trial number two: the sketch

so i took my blending practices

out for a spin.

and didn't like how photo number one was turning out

she looks like a calico cat.

i realized that when i heard 

you should start with the lightest shade

it didn't mean to use the lightest possible flesh tone

and deepen it to its darkest 

(in my case, i wanted her to be cocoa brown)

i learned about two different shades ought to do it.

and a darker color for shadows.

and instead of using white as a bade color,

i think i'll try the first skin color,

white, then the first skin color again

then continue.

also, work on features like the nose,

before the layers of waxy blendable colors get too deep

and you're not able to make the nose pop anymore.

i'm gonna try to outline lightly with the shadow color,

fist.

see where that takes me.

Post 101: Merry Christmas/ Christmahanukkahkwanzza

well, i just realized i've exceeded 100 posts

*throws confetti for self*

haha, and now it's christmas, too.

i'd to say Happy Birthday to Jesus, mainly.

i remember i'd say that AS SOON AS i woke up

when i was younger.

i never should let God fade away in my life.

any who, i'm trying to make a quick post,

since mom wants us in bed

and soon after presents go down over here,

we're heading to grandma's

who has no wifi for my laptop

*sob*

well, that'll mean i'll have time for my fourth art project!

THEN I'LL STOP I SWEAR!

haha, i got inspired by a tumblr called

Black Fashion

so i'm gonna draw a chocolate sister

with an animated and HUGE afro

and red lips.

or maybe some other psychedelic color?

who knows?

i'm feeling an inner soul child arise.

because every photo with a curl

or bright pattern

turns me on.

in later posts (when i have the time and internet)

i'll post about bantu knots

w/a how-to video

and a step-by-step website

and more art, of course.

i will HOPEFULLY try to wash my hair

condition it

and try the bantu knots and unravel them

if my mom permits.

she better, haha!

happy holidays, everyone!

Runnin' Wild in a Circle

so after getting my SIMS in check yesterday,

and basically having a long day, period.

i'm FINALLY in a tranquil place

and ready to draw some more.

i keep a lobster notebook

and it's swelling with

photography and drawing ideas.

(i'll post a photo later)

i've started two projects already,

and got excited about a third, ahaha!

soo i'm telling myself, once i start this third one

i cannot start anymore until i finish the three.

deal.

Amazing Mind

before i go to my grandma

(aka-no internet)

i wanted to show you this autistic man
named Stephen Wiltshire

who got a quick view of NY from a helicopter
(note that this is the only time he's seen NY)

and drew EVERY DETAIL

on that paper above.

i'm about to leave, sooo

here's the article: 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223790/Autistic-artist-draws-18ft-picture-New-York-skyline-memory.html

Yeah...

i feel so cheap

i really need to redeem myself.

i know what i feel on the inside...

just need to bring it out in expression.


i've just been so busy with school...
i don't even have time to draw.
i'm ATTEMPTING to do a self portrait,
one a legitimate profile view of myself
and on the other side of the paper,
what i wished i looked like almost everyday..