I have consistently been lamenting my inability to draw even the most basic things, but I’m always seeing simple (or simple looking, anyway) drawing tutorials on Pinterest and elsewhere. So I thought today I would try to draw using online tutorials and see what happens. Finding Online Drawing Tutorials Because I’m an About.com writer, I […]
Outline a Shape with Designs {Craft Challenge, Day 79}
I’m relatively certain there’s a fancy artsy name for what I’m doing in this challenge. Maybe a negative space drawing or something like that. The idea is that you have a shape, which you can draw, cut out and tape down, whatever, then you outline a shape with designs, so when you take the shape […]
Draw with Your Eyes Closed {Craft Challenge, Day 76}
There are lots of little drawing activities you can try to give yourself a little creative boost through the day. One of them, which is another great mind-bending challenge, is to draw with your eyes closed. You can doodle or scribble or actually try to draw something that looks like something. You can also try […]
Draw with Both Hands at the Same Time {Craft Challenge, Day 72}
Way back on day 3 I posted an idea for drawing with your non-dominant hand. I have also seen projects where people draw with both hands at the same time, presumably producing something sort of like a mirror image. In my case, huge emphasis on “sort of.” This is a fun, mind-bending project that only […]
Crayons and Watercolors {Craft Challenge, Day 69}
Yesterday I said something about trying a crayon and watercolor progress for painting flowers. While I was talking specifically about using the shadow flower technique, it’s fun to play with crayons and watercolors with any kind of drawing. And today was the perfect day to try it out. The girl is home sick, and I […]
Draw Shadow Flowers {Craft Challenge, Day 68}
I really hate that I’m not good at drawing. Today’s challenge was meant to be drawing flowers, but I just could not get it even close to right. Laughably bad. And while I don’t have time to learn to draw right now, I would really love to, so I hope I can make myself make […]
Draw with Paint Pens
We’ve covered our slow art canvases with paint, paper, more paint and fabric, and now it’s time to draw. I had some paint pens I’d purchased for a long-ago project that I decided to use to draw with paint pens on my canvas. Admittedly, my canvas was a little busy for a drawing, and my […]