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Christmans presents during lockdown, Ideas of DIY to copy.
By: Maria Balthammar
Tags: Drawing, Giveaway, Creativity, Christmas Gifts, Kids Activities

Christmans presents during lockdown, Ideas of DIY to copy.

Covid-19 puts “going to the stores” for Christmas shopping on hold. Does every present need to be brand new? Is the feeling the same to open a gift that has been used before? Maria Balthammar Dec 9, 2020·2 min read

I had a talk over the phone the other day regarding Christmas presents with a friend. My friend gave her kids money to buy Christmas presents so they did not need to use there own money. Is that Right or wrong?

My son is very precious with his money and closed the door to his room and started to wrap gifts of what he already had in his room from before. A perfect circular economy way to use things again as a gift to someone else.

In the evening we had a drawing session and my son was drawing a detailed illustration of a owl sitting in a three. He wanted to give the illustration as a gift to frame and give away.

My other son has written a story in google drive with small images to every chapter. The story ends in a way that you just want to hear more. SO my wish for Christmas is to read story 2 .

Kids are great in beeing creative with what we have around us. We as adult can help and be present in the simple things that the beutiful mind of kids are creating.

Use a frame with something you anyway don´t have on the wall. And frame one of the drawings your kids have done recently. Or print a story and give away in an envelope.

Use the time now during Covid-19 to take back the creativity. When we are home more today than ever, find pens and paper that are hidden in the drawer and be creative. Use what you already have.

Things that has been made by hand by someone that cares and took the time, it filles the heart with joy. Have a safe Christmas and Happy New Year.
Zion learns through drawing
By: Emily Rossing
Tags: Drawing, Maxfield Elementary, Art, Bethel University, Profile

Zion learns through drawing

By Emily Rossing | Reporter

Zion stares at the blank paper. What will she draw today? She gets inspiration everywhere. Landscapes, things in her house, or whatever imagination can concoct. Zion likes drawing, and she’s good at it.

“Zion’s one of the best leaders in the class,” — Teacher, Elizabeth Earnest

But she’s good at other things too: solving math equations, writing essays and helping other students understand what’s going on in class. Her teacher, Elizabeth Earnest, recognizes the talent Zion has and shares with her classmates.

“Zion’s one of the best leaders in the class,” Earnest said.

She’s also good at balancing the many aspects of her life. Growing up as the second youngest of five siblings, 10-year-old Zion has learned how to be both a sister and a student. She said she gets the most annoyed when her two older brothers talk too much and annoy her. Still, family is the most important thing to her.

“I love my family,” Zion said.

Being a middle child, it may seem like Zion just blends in, but that’s hardly the case. She’s taller than the average fifth grade girl, standing at five feet two inches, which helps her out when she’s playing basketball against her two older brothers. She also likes to do things well, especially in drawing. She puts more time into it than other students might. She doesn’t keep her talents to herself though — instead, she often helps other students when they are struggling.

“She is a helper; she takes care of everyone,” Earnest said.

Maybe one day she’ll stand tall and proud in front of a class just like Ms. Earnest does, teaching students how to unlock their own potentials. An art teacher, that’s what she thinks she’ll be. But with all her interests in math, science, writing and art, the possibilities are limitless.

For now, though, she’ll stick to what’s in front of her. She’ll pick up a pencil and let her mind take over her hand, creating whatever it wants in this moment.

Zion’s favorites:

Food: cheese pizza

Dessert: vanilla cake

Book: El Deafo

Animal: dogs

Games: Monopoly and Uno

Holiday: Thanksgiving

TV show: Spongebob
Drawing — hobby or something more…?
By: Ria Kamensky
Tags: Drawing

Every person’s hobby is formed from their childhood. Children try themselves in different areas, be it sports, or music, or creativity. Over time, choosing a certain area, you start to think about it, as, is it a hobby or something more. If your choice was Drawing or you are only interested in it, so I want you to listen my story. And, maybe, you’ll find something special for yourself.

As long as I can remember, I have always drawn. Everywhere. At any free time. I lived by painting and also visited an Art School. No, I didn’t want to learn how to draw, it was my talent, I just wanted to find that place, where I could see people, who enjoyed drawing as me. And, of course, I dreamed of connecting my profession with this. But that was before.

At some point, we realize that what we did in childhood, doesen’t always take place in our future. Growing up, I understood, that drawing was only hobby for me and I want to have a job connected with another area.
Saluti e Baci
By: Daniele Catalli
Tags: Drawing, Graphic Journalism, Postcards, Travel, Climate Change

I’ve recently started this postcard project called SALUTI e BACI (italian for Greetings and Kisses).

It’s a graphic journalism action addressing social and (especially) environmental issues.

In a not so distant time, when we were traveling or on the occasion of important events and anniversaries, there was a gesture that each of us performed almost spontaneously: to send a postcard. It was a way of communicating to the recipient that he/she was important to us and that it was in our thoughts during pleasant moments.

Those who received it knew that on the other hand an “effort” and a commitment had been made.

Postcards are fun: can be kept, stored, hung on the wall, used as bookmarks.

The project aims to reflect on the speed of news nowadays and the potential of postcard as a physical communicating object.

They are memory (a past event), celebration (a social victory or improvement), warning (send your postcard to a negationist!) or a request (send it as a petition to your petty politicians).

Proceeds will be donated to institutions dealing with social-environmental issues and new postcards will be available periodically.

Happy sending.
Diving into the Christmas spirit with new holiday sketches. Plus an Instagram contest
By: Angelica Soroka
Tags: Drawing, Creativity, AR, Sketchar, Christmas 2020

Diving into the Christmas spirit with new holiday sketches. Plus an Instagram contest

It seems like Father Christmas has already put on a mask, rubbed his hands with a sanitizer and is about to hit the road to your homes. Of course, if you’ve behaved well. Angelica Soroka Follow Dec 7, 2020 · 2 min read

Now is the time to prepare for the holidays at the highest level together with your family and friends. If you are going to ring in the New Year in style, we have a wonderful selection of sketches with concepts that are sure to make your celebration a success. Decorate your place inside and out, wrap up and sign gifts in an original manner, create postcards and masks to throw a fabulous Christmas and New Year’s Eve party!

Whether you plan a huge blowout with many guests (remember to keep your distance!) or just a quiet evening with your closest people, everyone on your invitation list will appreciate the ideas that are already available under the X-Mas & New Year theme (Learn section → Sketches) on our app. Hurry up to try them out right now!
How to Draw a Watermelon Slice in Procreate 🍉
By: Zaira Khemani
Tags: Drawing, Digital Drawing, Digital Art, Procreate, Illustration

How to Draw a Watermelon Slice in Procreate 🍉

Welcome back to my blog. Today we are going to draw a cartoon-style watermelon!

Preparation

Find a comfortable spot in your house where you can relax. Make sure you will not be disturbed by your family or pets. Grab a warm coffee and situate yourself on a cozy couch or cushion. Do anything else you need to get comfy and settle in for the next 20 or so minutes! 😊

Photo by Jen P. on Unsplash

Supplies

For this illustration, I’m going to be using my iPad (8th generation) and Apple pencil (1st generation). I will be drawing on the art app Procreate (version 5X 4). Let’s get started!

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

1. Basic Shape

The first step is to select the “Peppermint” pencil under the sketching tab in the brushes section. This tool will add a hint of playful texture to our illustration. Next, choose a very saturated red and draw a triangular shape for the body of the watermelon slice. I used Procreate’s QuickShape feature, but you can freehand it if you’d like. Fill the shape with the same red hue and paint a thick stripe of neon green across the top to make the rind.

2. Rind Details

Still using the Peppermint brush, switch to a slightly lighter neon green and sketch out curvy “S” shapes in your rind to mimic the patterns on a watermelon skin. Don’t make the details too thick or too thin, and space them evenly across the rind.

3. Seeds

Select the blackest color you can find and draw thin, long lines scattered around the flesh of the watermelon. Be careful not to add too many seeds, because your drawing can become cluttered quite fast.

4. Outline

Switch your drawing tool to a smooth airbrush and line the edges of the watermelon in black.

5. Final Touches

Lastly, make any tweaks to your drawing you need to. For example, I reshaped my seeds to be more teardrop-like and outlined the details in the rind to make them stand out.

Voila! Here is my final drawing:

I hope you had fun drawing this beautiful watermelon slice with me. Did you like this article and want to see more fruit cartoon tutorials? If yes, I have a series coming out in the next few weeks about drawing fruit cartoons in Procreate! Stay tuned for more fabulous tips, tricks, and tutorials.

Have an amazing day, and don’t forget to draw something spectacular!
Head Drawing I Unit Plan
Tags: Drawing, Art School

Head Drawing I Unit Plan

For full context, see the description of my Art Home School Curriculum.

Resources

The primary video resource will be the Watts Atelier Head Drawing I course. Since I’m trying to keep study under three hours a week I’m only going to focus on one video resource. The book I’ve chosen is Drawing the Head and Hands by Andrew Loomis. The head is dealt with in the first 85 pages.

Art Parent

I decided not to pick an art parent for this unit because I want to focus on generic head construction before getting into stylized heads. Plus I can’t think of anyone who does a lot of especially interesting heads. Maybe someone will come to mind.

Challenges

Ahmed Aldoori’s 100 head challenge. I’ll do 25 heads a week, which is 3–4 per day.

Inspiration

I’m still reading Harold Speed’s The Practice and Science of Drawing.
SkiaSharp vs System.Drawing - part 2
By: Makif Dere
Tags: System, Drawing, Skia, Skiasharp, C Sharp Programming

As you can see, we also set underlines of the text easily with the following font style property in System.Drawing:

Font font = new Font("Arial", 16, FontStyle.Underline);

//Bold, Italic, Regular, Strikeout, and Underline

Now, we are trying to get the same results with SkiaSharp. We’ll create a 500*500 SKImageInfo, and create a surface. Then, we’ll write into the center of that canvas with the following code:

var paint = new SKPaint

{

Color = SKColors.Black,

TextSize = 16,

TextAlign = SKTextAlign.Center, // Left,Right,Center

}; canvas.DrawText(text, new SKPoint(250, 250), paint);

That would be an acceptable output:

But if we want to customize that text as in the System.Drawing, unfortunately, we can not do it easily as in System.Drawing!

At first, as you see there is no underline property in SkiaSharp since 2017.

And then, changing SKTextAlign to Left or Right is setting the text to the left or right of the given start points(250, 250).
Lisbon with Mom
By: You-Yeon Lee
Tags: Portugal, Lisbon, Drawing, Illustration

Narrating days through drawing. All about feelings, cultures, beautiful anything. Self-published a book. Based in Seoul. instagram.com/youyonce
Term I, Perspective I, Week 4
Tags: Drawing, Art School

Term I, Perspective I, Week 4

For a description of this unit see my Perspective I unit plan. For full context, see the description of my Art Home School Curriculum.

Retrospective

I really started getting into perspective starting with week 3, and now I’m looking forward to Perspective II. I know I need a lot more practice, but I feel like I’ve come a long way in the last 4 weeks. I still feel like I’m studying too much compared to the time I spend drawing, so I’m going to start tracking which hours are spent drawing vs. studying. I think I should be doing about 10 hours of drawing for every hour of studying, so next week I’ll keep study time to around 3 hours. I didn’t quite finish the drawabox vehicles lesson so I’ll pick up where I left of in Perspective II.

Log

Just over 24 hours this week. I spent Sunday doing some programming to speed up the process of creating these blog posts, so hopefully that will save me 30–40 minutes a week. Goal for next week: back up to 27 hours.

Drawings and Critiques

Monday, Nov. 30

Drawing for fun.

This is the start of a medieval catapult. I’m using my “for fun” drawing time to practice medieval objects.

Practicing using perfect cubes and circles as measuring devices.
Urine or Urout
Tags: Comics, Drawing, Storytelling, Writing, Books

Follow Ellis working the ghost shift as a stockbroker following the 2007 Financial Crisis. Instagram: @wallspooks https://www.patreon.com/EzekielEsre
Top Trace Sketches of the Month
By: Morpholio Trace
Tags: Drawing, Sketch, Design, Morpholio Trace, Architecture

Thank you to all of the amazing firms and inspiring designers who have shared their Trace drawings. Today we are proud to share this month’s best sketches. We hope you like them as much as we do!

Don’t forget to post your sketches and follow @morpholio for a chance to be included in next month’s best list on Instagram! Just tag @morpholio and “Made in #MorpholioTrace”!

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Learn more about Morpholio Trace.

Download Morpholio Trace for your iPad or iPhone.
Welcome to my Medium drawing blog! 🥳
By: Zaira Khemani
Tags: Drawing, Digital Drawing, Digital Art, Procreate, Illustration

Welcome to my Medium drawing blog! 🥳

Photo by Howard Bouchevereau on Unsplash

My name is Zaira Khemani. I love to draw, sketch, color, design, cartoon, illustrate, and create on my iPad using a variety of resources and tools. I have years of experience sketching on paper, and I have recently switched to drawing digitally.

Here’s a glance at my upcoming content:

✏️ Digital illustration tutorials using Procreate

💡 Procreate basics & hacks

🖌️ Drawing app reviews and comparisons

🌈 Glimpses into my digital art processes, ideas, and inspirations

Every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, I will write a useful article on a topic ranging from getting started with Procreate to how to draw a strawberry.

I want you to have the best experience possible when creating your art, so keep in mind that everything I say has succeeded for me. Feel free to modify and customize anything you want to make this work for you! 😊

I write my articles for two reasons: one, I love to draw and share my skills, and two, I want to help you become more confident about drawing digitally.

Have an amazing day, and don’t forget to draw something spectacular!
ply Mega Mart
By: Bhopal Interior Designers
Tags: Drawing, Bhopal Best Interior, Modular Kitchen Design, Drawing Room Desginer, Interior Desginer

We deals in modular kitchen and interior.

All type of Furniture work for Residential and commercial.

We retail all type of Modern Hardware, plywood & laminates in reasonable.

https://www.facebook.com/Bhopal-interior-Designer-103415541631453
Drawing Ideas With 3dvkart
By: Allseo Tol
Tags: Drawing, Drawingideas, Cool Drawing Idea, Drawing Tutorial, Draw

Today I am going to tell you my story. You stay with me

When did I come to the world of drawing?

When I was very young, my grandfather used to draw. One day some people came and they had big vehicles. Dad, who was sitting with Dad, was also laughing and talking to him. I was standing on one side watching. When they started to leave, they gave a lot of money to Dad. I don’t remember how much money they paid for this time. This was Drawing 3D Drawing

Every child in childhood wants to have money to fulfill their every wish. I was very fond of toys. My father used to work as a laborer, so I could not afford to buy my own toys. Well, the day I saw that Dad had received the money, I asked Dad John … Why did these people give you so much money and who are these people? At my insistence, Dad replied, “Son, I made a drawing and that drawing reached them.” The people who came loved the drawing.Santa Claus is a favorite character of children with drawing.

The first drawing of my life

From that day on, I spent most of my time with Dad. Gradually, my interest grew. In Dad’s absence, I used to draw with a pencil. Dad used paint, pencils, coal. But my grandfather did not know that his grandson was learning drawing in my absence. One day an opportunity arose that a neighbor called Dad and after some work I started my work behind. But I didn’t know Dad would be back in a moment. I was making my own by looking at Dad’s drawing. Dad was working lost in his hobby. Dad will come and stand from behind.

Before I looked back, Grandpa himself said, “Son, you didn’t shape your face and make your ears look good.” I was just scared to hear why you are doing this. But the opposite happened. Dad said, “Sit down, I will teach you everything. Dad continued to learn drawing under supervision.” Finally one day Dad said he would be able to make my drawing. What’s so significant about a goat’s head? ” I made the drawing but it was not good. I still remember it but Dada ji patted me and said wow what a wonderful thing.

My first inspiration was my grandfather who is no more in this world. But I have continued my work on tattoo drawings

If you want to see my drawing, click on the link. Drawing Ideas
Drawing Beginner Guideline 1 | Shoes
By: Adam Edelweiss
Tags: Stuff, Drawing

Note: I am a freshman. Please forgive me and help me if I write anything wrong.
This Morning’s exercise
By: Georgia Ciancimino
Tags: Art, Drawing, Writing, Poetry

I have stood on the highest crest

of London’s tallest building and

with pontificating gestures

lectured a crowd of fifty

restless City lawyers

on a subject i knew nothing about

a few hours earlier.

But i was not as nervous then

as i am now, sitting in my kitchen

facing my longing to draw

the subtle curves of a beach pebble

that sits unassuming

and eternal

in the palm of my hand.
Threads of Time
By: Amy Marley
Tags: Drawing, Paper Poetry, Senryu, Sketch, Poetry

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Wow, I wish your story is longer than this, Amy!
By: Hapsari Listya
Tags: Drawing, Pets, Humor, Poetry, Procreate

Wow, I wish your story is longer than this, Amy!

I truly enjoyed it, especially after seen your illustration. And it made me smile!

So, thank you for sharing this piece, Amy! Stay well :)
Well-written article!
By: Krystal
Tags: Drawing, Entrepreneurship, Writing, Business, Art

Well-written article! It’s funny, as “everyone’s an artist” (Joseph Beuys quote) as children, but we don’t draw as much when we reach around our middle school years for some reason. I don’t think it’s more as taking it for granted, but our system doesn’t see applying it to everyday life like other skills. Art saved my life! Thanks for sharing.
Figure Drawing
By: Stephen Yavorski
Tags: Artist, Art, Drawing

This is basically, just the transcript of the video in this article.

We’re going to be going over some key concepts, like abstracting form, something I like to call an envelope, and making complex shapes simpler to understand and draw.

https://youtu.be/2GzUSDwoj_g

What you’ll notice first, is that I am creating a shape that wraps around the entirety of our ballet dancer. This is my envelope. It’s called an envelope, because it envelopes what I am drawing. Doing this is helpful, because it simplifies all the complex form in to just a few lines. In this case 4.

Immediately after I draw out my envelope, I go in and start breaking down smaller shapes. I’m asking myself “what is the biggest and simplest shapes I can carve out of this large simple shape”? Often, the shapes I carve out, will be only 2 or 3 lines.

As you work in to your big simple shapes, you will start seeing how those shapes that you carve out can be cut in to, with more, slightly smaller simple shapes. Be careful to not hyper- focus too quickly. Staying large and simple is a key factor in making sure you have everything in correct proportion.

Eventually, going through this process will result in getting your details in. The tiny details will almost happen in spite of you. As you go through this process, make sure you are paying attention to how new information shows you that your old lines may need to move. We’re starting out with zero markings and zero information on our workspace, whether it be paper, canvas, or digital. It’s only natural that as you get further in to your drawing, things will need to be reshaped and tweaked.

Pay attention to every shape. Shapes, like shadows and negative space, are as much of a shape as the form itself. Draw out, in line, where value and color changes before massing it in with color and value. You will have an easier time, if you have a map of where you are laying these things out, rather than just recklessly putting darks and lights in.

When you’re putting your values and colors in, pay identify the direction that the value turns. Whichever direction the value goes, it’s as simple as laying down a value scale in that direction. After a little bit of work, your drawing will come together.

If you liked this video and it helped you. Please share it with your friends and comment down below with what you would like me to cover next. You can check out my links in the description to follow my instagram and join my art discord, where I post practice reference like this and offer feedback. I’ve also created a Patreon, that you aren’t required to support, but all patrons are deeply appreciated. You can see which tier best suits you. Have a great day and see you around.
Darrell Urban Black and the Art of Definism
By: Darrell Black
Tags: Artist, Drawing, Life, Culture, Image

Darrell Urban Black, is an American visual artist presently living in Frankfurt, Germany. He works in a variety of formats that include Pen and Ink drawings acrylic paintings on canvas wood and Mixed media objects. His creative process is a mixture of works on paper, acrylic paint, found objects and non toxic hot glue which creates a three-dimensional effect on any surface that gives a sense of realism and presence in his artwork. Darrell, refers to this optical artistic illusion as “Definism” in his opinion, ``Definism, portrays various differences in human nature from life’s everyday dramas to humankind’s quest to under-standing self. “My artworks transport viewers from the doldrums of their daily reality to a visual interpretation of another reality.”

Darrell Urban Black born in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in Far Rockaway and Brentwood Long Island New York. In high school, he excelled in science with an affinity for outer space. In June 1969, as America fulfilled J. F. Kennedy’s dream to put the American Stars and Stripes into the dusty surface of the moon Darrell’s fascination with spaceships grew. As a child he made spaceship models eventually placing his artistic visions on paper resulting in some 500 drawings. Phantasmal spaceships that eventually carried Darrell to a unique wonderland of strange forms and colors.

In 1982, he joined the National Guard. During this time his previous drawings were lost — but not his passion. In 1988, Darrell, joined the US Army and served another four years. Earned his Bachelor Degree in Science of Criminal Justice Administration at the University of Phoenix. In April 2001, Darrell, was nominated by the German government as a “candidate of the year’s prize for promising young artists” for his artwork titled “The Invasion” in the exhibition “The Zeppelin in Art, Design, and Advertisement,” shown between May and July 30, 2000, in the Frankfurt International Airport. Another piece referenced in the nomination letter, was titled “The Cosmic Shroud,” executed with a unique glue and acrylic on linen technique. The image was described as “universally appealing and representing a topic which concerns all of us — The Universe.” Darrell, had many local, national and international group art exhibitions. He has artwork permanently displayed in a number of art Galleries, Museums and other Institutions Worldwide. Darrell’s artwork has also been displayed on billboard in New York’s Times Square for the exhibition titled: “SeeMe Takes over Times Square 2014”

Darrell lives in Frankfurt, Germany and continues to draw and paint in pursuit of his artistic dreams. He’s a member of the Veteran Artist Program abroad (EuroVAP).

http://darrell-black.pixels.com/
How to Improve Your Beginner Drawing Skills
By: He Ka
Tags: Drawing, Tips, Sketch, Beginner, Inspiration

Do you want to come out of the pandemic with a new skill? I most definitely do!

Do you find yourself incredibly bored from watching everything online? I know I was!

Here are some quick drawing tips I use to improve my drawing skills during my off-time.

Use a chart to get the proportions right. Put a grid on what you want to draw, and reference the individual grids throughout your drawing process. Track your progress. Try to draw what you see!

Tip: start with a general outline

2. Have the following tools: a sharpener, some sharp pencils, an eraser with pointed edges, and a ruler. You do not need fancy tools to start, just start!

3. Use another piece of paper or glove guard to prevent smudging. I tend to drag my right-hand when drawing, so I have to be mindful of lifting my hand.

Example of an artist drawing glove

4. Have persistence in finishing the majority of the drawing to make it look somewhat complete. If you have perfectionist tendencies, you either can spend all your time on one masterpiece, or you can opt to do what I do. I highly recommend having a list of things you want to draw to encourage you to stop spending too much time on one drawing. As a beginner, feeling burnout is common, so finish as much as you can, and get exposure to new drawing techniques to slowly improve your skills.

An incomplete drawing

5. Be in an environment where there is good lighting and the surface you draw on is flat, smooth, and hard. I prefer to be sitting on a chair, rather than laying down in bed to draw.

Photo credits to @lishakov on unsplash.

6. Don’t focus on what you can’t do, focus on getting it done to the best of your ability. Get inspired by following different artists’ work online.

Same flat, different styles! Search for different styles that inspire you to be more creative.

7. Practice when you can and as often as you can!

Photo Credits to @corinnekutz on unsplash.

8. Put something in the background to zone out. I recommend playing your favorite music playlist, a podcast, or an audiobook in the background. If you have a highly self-critical narrative going on in your mind, having something in the background to focus on can help get you in the zone.

Photo credits to @cdx2 on unsplash.

9. Stretch and beware of neck and hand cramps. Have snacks and stay hydrated. As a beginner, make it leisurely or else you won’t stick with it!

Photo Credits to @adeolueletu on unsplash

10. Have fun! This isn’t meant to be a torturous process! Good luck everyone!

Photo Credits to @bernardhermant on unsplash

Let’s hope and pray that the pandemic will go away and we all emerge with some kind of new skill to share with the world!
Talking about children’s sketches
Tags: Drawing Ideas, Drawing For Kids, Drawing

The so-called sketch: Simply put, monochrome painting is a sketch.

01 The sketches we generally understand are realistic sketches drawn with light and shade-pencil or charcoal. In the West, children generally learn to sketch around the age of eleven or twelve.

Our country is slightly earlier than in Western countries. If children are taught through early systematic art, they can learn to sketch after about ten years old, but they must assist a lot of practice to improve.

02 Children of different ages have different understandings of things and their expression of psychological reactions.

If there is no difference, letting children learn things beyond their age range and understanding ability will stifle a child’s original interest in painting.

03 Compared with a seven or eight-year-old child, drawing is not only difficult to understand but also makes him uninterested.

It not only wastes the precious time of the child but also causes the child to lose interest in learning to draw for kids.

04: If you don’t understand, just use a pencil to copy those dry cylinders and cubes mechanically. It is difficult for children to appreciate the joy of painting and the thrill of success. It won’t be long before the original interest in painting will not only disappear.

The absence of a trace will also suppress the child’s character development, which is not conducive to fostering self-confidence and a sense of accomplishment.

05: So there are certain reasons why children are not allowed to learn to sketch prematurely. Children’s art should conform to the psychological characteristics of children at each stage, grasp the psychological characteristics of children, and guide them through scientific art education,

so that children’s observation, sensibility, imagination, creativity, thinking ability, and aesthetic ability can be correctly developed, and then proceed. Become an independent and confident character.
A Woman in the Heather
By: Abigail Siegel
Tags: Drawing, Fantasy, Art, Floral, Illustration

I create all kinds of art using multiple media, and I would like to share this work with you! Some of my works can be found as designs for products on Society6 and Redbubble, the links of which can be found under each work.
Your Purpose?
Tags: Drawing, Paper Poetry, Creative Humans, Creativity, Remarkablepapertablet

Your Purpose?

Photo by Alice Dietrich on Unsplash

Lindsay, I believe you had, and I am sure still have, a sustainable and admirable focus - creativity.

Your publication, Creative Humans, put out a welcome mat for creators - experienced and amateur. Good heavens, I drew a pencil for the first time and posted it on Creative Humans! It looked like the drawing of a kindergartener, but I did it because you encouraged me and gave me a safe place to be unsophisticated and raw — a place to be messy. I couldn't have done that anywhere else.

You also provided a community for Medium creators who have talents beyond writing. You brought artists and musicians together. Creative Humans is like a coffee shop where writers write, artists display their art, musicians play music, and poets slam. Especially in a pandemic, we need a space like that. We are missing and mourning spaces like that.

If not for you, I may never have created my publication Weeds & Wildflowers. Speaking to you on the phone to work through my questions creating it was what got me through the process.

A little story for you. After drawing that sophomoric pencil, I continued, for a short while, to experiment with drawing, but the erasing and starting over and looking at my earlier failures disheartened me.

Shortly after joining Medium in 2016, I read articles about a writing tablet called reMarkable:

https://medium.com/@REMARKABLEPAPER

I thought it was interesting and would be a wonderful device for those who like writing by hand or drawing. But, not a device for me.

Later, the publication Paper Poetry was created to encourage writing poems by hand. I regressed from computer writing to handwriting, crying all the while. But, I did it and turns out, I like it. As I age, I am embracing simpler activities - handwriting became one of them.

Then, I read that there was a new reMarkable tablet launching in 2020. I was working my ass off at my paying job and decided to treat myself to an extravagance I wouldn't have considered a few months earlier. I pre-ordered one. It arrived this month.

I am using my reMarkable and loving it. And, because I can erase all signs of my failed attempts at drawing, I am now learning to draw by watching YouTube videos and using my reMarkable.

What is the takeaway from this story? I would never be learning to draw if not for you. I would not have purchased a reMarkable if not for you. reMarkable would have one less sale if not for you. And, I may not have attempted to write for Paper Poetry if not for you. Weeds & Wildflowers would not exist if not for you.

These are not grand events or life-shattering lessons, but they are significant to me and are the direct result of knowing you.

Maybe, you are ready to move on to other ventures here on Medium or quit altogether. But, I hope not.
Term I, Perspective I, Week 2
Tags: Drawing, Drawabox, Home School Curriculum, Perspective, Art School

Term I, Perspective I, Week 2

For a description of this unit see my Perspective I unit plan. See my Art School Curriculum at Home for a full description of the program.

Retrospective

I probably spent more time studying than drawing this week. I finished Marshall Vandruff’s perspective lectures and the D’Amelio book. Last week I was considering cutting Perspective I short by 2 weeks, but I’ve decided not to do that. I need to practice all the stuff I learned over the last 2 weeks. I finished drawabox lesson 4 and the 250 cylinder challenge, and I’ve started lesson 5. I don’t think I’ll tackle another drawabox challenge this unit, but I can probably finish lessons 5 and 6 (animals and everyday objects). Other than that I’m going to spend time practicing what I’ve learned about perspective.

Log

I got 25 hours in this week, which improves on the 20 hours I got last week. Next week I’ll try to get 27.

Drawings and Critiques

Monday, Nov. 16

250 cylinder challenge.
Week 12 — Broken Promises. Well, I didn’t promise anything, but I…
By: Scott Latham
Tags: Drawing, Digital Art

Well, I didn’t promise anything, but I didn’t make my goal. Wasn’t a great week for this whole thing — I didn’t feel like I had much time, and was super tired. Also, I found God of War (2018) again and bent my will toward it a bit. It’s great. I’m playing chess, too, for some reason.

I did a thing for my D&D campaign, and showed it to people!

Eastdoor, and the Rotstone Bridge

The arch is my least favorite part, really — it needed more detail, given that it’s the focal point of the piece, but I was kind of rushing to get it done before the session started. I cheated using some tree-shaped brushes; the bridge’s general perspective I snagged from some reference, and that little hooded person is back.

I did do some blockouts, quickly, before writing this, time-boxed to 10 minutes each:

Not bad, but the composition is off

Pretty damn washed out

The contrast between foreground/background is dumb, but I liked where this was going, so I tried again

I draw this scene a lot, right?

Sycra has a great video from a few years ago about ‘Iterative Drawing’ — the gist being that you improve through iterations of the same drawing, learning from the last one and refining things in each successive step. I’ve almost watched the whole video (55 minutes?! ain’t nobody got time for that) but I like the concept. He talks about how analytical/intuitive thinking relate to this craft and how through many iterations, you can develop an intuitive ability as your analytical approach becomes, effectively, muscle memory. Considering I’m first and foremost an analytical thinker, with almost no intuitive artistic ability, this gave me some hope that this may not all be a frivolous endeavor!

I didn’t do anything worth sharing in the ol’ sketchbook — things just weren’t feeling right this time around. However, I didn’t really sit down with any reference or plan, so I guess there’s no great surprise there.

That’s all I got. Slow week. I need more sleep.
Sir John A. Macdonald Day Fundraising Campaign
Tags: Canadianheritage, Fundraising, Charity

Sir John A. Macdonald Day is one of the important Canadian events. It is celebrated on 11th January every year. Well, the first prime minister of Canada is Sir John A. Macdonald who is also considered as one of the renowned architects of the Canadian Confederation. There are many NGOs and non-profit organizations that conduct various fundraising activities to spread the important aspects associated with Sir John A. Macdonald among the common people. The youth leaders and teachers across the country organize various activities in honor of Sir John A. Macdonald. The main objective of them is to teach the new generation about one of the founders and the first prime minister of the country.



If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.John Quincy Adams



Sir John A. Macdonald Day



Well, there is no doubt that Sir John A. Macdonald is more than a hero. Whatever he did for the country is an inextricable part of the Canadian Heritage. Well, Sir John A. Macdonald Day was set up as an Act. It was in 2002 when it came into effect. He was a man of various effective skills and the organizational skill is undoubtedly one of them. He had a great taste for alcohol and he also had enviable courage. Sir John A. Macdonald created the Dominion of Canada and then, he became the first prime minister. If we talk about the political phase of Macdonald, it was really rough. But, he was one of the most successful politicians of his time alongsid
Increase The Number Of Potential Donors With These Fundraising Ideas
Tags: Donortrackingsoftware, Fundraising, Charity

Fundraising ideas are needed to make any crowdfunding campaign successful. The success of your campaign depends upon the number of potential donors. If you want to step into the rich as well as the dynamic ecosystem of fundraising, you must need a good fundraising idea. Otherwise, you will not be able to extend your proximity. However, organizing an effective fundraising campaign does not mean that you will have to invest a lot of money. You just need ideas through which you can engage more people. Thus, you can make your charity campaign successful.



Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.Tom Peters



Werbylo understands this very well and so, we at Werbylo have come up with some awesome fundraising ideas for you.



Incredible Awareness Event Ideas For Your Fundraising Drive



Well, there are various awareness event ideas that you can implement to make your fundraising drive engaging and successful.



Organize Fundraising Event To Spread Awareness



Well, there are so many events that Canadian people celebrate throughout the year such as Alzheimer’s awareness, National Non-Smoking Event, and many more. You can organize a fundraising campaign for these particular events in order to spread awareness. Well, if we talk about the Alzheimer’s Awareness event, it is mostly celebrated throughout the month of January. You can conduct your own fundraising drive on the basis of this special event. However, you will have to mention how you are going to help Alzheimer’s pati
Spreading Smiles Short Stories — A Unique way of raising funds
By: Sunil Sathyendra
Tags: Subscribe, Fundraising Ideas, Fundraising, Short Story

Spreading Smiles Short Stories — A Unique way of raising funds

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Why:

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Paranga Vidya Kendra is a private school in Magadi that empowers the dreams of 500+ kids with quality education, free uniforms, free food and even transportation facilities. This school runs entirely on donations and philanthropic efforts.

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Together lets empower dreams.
Tactics & Techniques to Lead a SUCCESSful Startup
By: Keith Hoerling
Tags: Leadership, Team Building, Fundraising, Entrepreneurship, Startup

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Know these simple Tactics and Techniques to assemble, build and lead a successful startup, through to VC funding!

#softwareengineering #teambuilding #startup #communication #leadership #success2020 #teamwork #leadershipqualities #team #sharktank #techcrunch #ycombinator

Any of these catch you by surprise? Let me know below and all the merriest,

Keith
How do I select angel investors? Is it a bad idea to ask my family?
By: Index Ventures
Tags: Angel Investors, Fundraising, Entrepreneurship, Founding Team, Startup

Illustration by Jago Silver

Mark Fiorentino, principal at Index Ventures: Take a step back and think about your broader consortium of investors, whether that’s institutional or angel investors. There are many types of angel investors: those with a good brand name who do one or two investments each month; a large number of angels who compete with a lot of others to back up-and-coming founders; and founder-angels who are influential for a certain subset of your customers, or could be an influential customer themselves in the future.

You may also have your own contacts, friends and family, who just want to be supportive of what you’re doing. There’s nothing wrong with taking money from family or friends, but make sure they don’t take the place of someone who’s better connected or more experienced.

You need to evaluate angels in terms of your needs. It might be that you could benefit from that big-name angel to help raise awareness ahead of your next round. Or maybe you need someone with particular expertise to dedicate more time to you. They might be trying to build their reputation as an angel, and have a skillset that fills a gap on your founding team. For instance, you and your founders are more technically inclined, so you take on an angel who has early stage go-to-market savvy. There’s even a chance that the angel could convert into an actual hire in a future state!

More importantly, take a step back and think properly about who you want and need on your team. It’s very much about quality over quantity.

Nina Achadjian, partner at Index Ventures: Angel investing has become something of a social status in Silicon Valley, which means you get a lot of people who act more like stock pickers than actual angel investors.

So first of all, you need to clearly define what value they will bring to your company. Identify the skills you need on your team, whether that’s a designer, an engineer, or a sales person. Try and fill those early gaps with angel investors that have expertise in those areas. And finally, come up with a system each quarter where you identify three things you need them to help you with.

As for family members investing, it’s fine — but you should tell them that the chances of a pre-seed startup reaching an exit are very slim and that they should have no expectations. In other words, they should only invest what they can afford to lose.
Why the Korean Startup Package Is Bad
By: Lee Geun Il
Tags: Korea, Startup, Fundraising, Finance

We started a business design project. A project member, Jamie, suggested applying for a startup package managed by the Korean government.

In Korea, many entrepreneurs have applied for the startup package. The package offers up to $100,000 as a business support fund. I told her, “Okay. I’ll consider it.”

My animal spirit told me not to. I said to my project members, “I doubt whether we can change our business model through the adventure after fundraising. I’ll check that point.”

A friend said his boss changed the model. Another friend argued it is impossible. Whose answer is correct?

I found the phone number of the director of the startup package on the official page. I called him immediately.

“Hello, director. I saw the announcement on the startup package.”

He replied cynically.

“We didn’t post the announcement yet. Wait for the date coming.”

I can’t take a step back.

“I’m sorry. Can I ask only one question? Only one question.”

“Go for it.”

“Can we change our business model after fundraising?”

“No.”

“Can we change our target customer, then?”

“We should debate that on a case-by-case basis.”

“Thank you, director.”

My decision-making is not to apply for the startup package. The reason is the survival strategy of startups. Startups are going on the adventure without a map. We might adjust our business model through that adventure. We can determine our business model only after we sell our products to our customers. The decision-maker is not the CEO but the CUSTOMER.

The Korean government is a lousy investor. It sponsors startup teams that didn’t found their corporation. But it doesn’t understand the survival mechanism of startups. I told my project members, “The Korean government has put shackles on the legs of entrepreneurs. We can find other alternatives.”
How to Raise US$1.35M pre-seed round for Your Tech Startup During a Pandemic
By: Aery Advisors
Tags: Angel Investors, Startup, Fundraising, Vc Funding, Funding

A Venture Finance Academy Case Study — Part 1

Welcome to the first part of the case study of how SaaS startup SanityDesk raised US$1.35M of pre-seed funding and the sources it used to do this. It’s a classic story of doing the necessary strategic work before setting out to raise money. If you missed the introduction part about this case study, please click here to read it.

But first of all, what exactly is venture finance? Well, it shouldn’t be confused with venture capital. In fact, venture capital is just one element of venture finance — and a relatively small part, too. For every 1,000 companies in USA, only 3 raise venture capital that is just 0.3% of all companies actually receive venture capital.

The term venture finance conflates a number of different types and sources of capital. It’s like if a tapas bar specialized in serving venture finance, it would have a number of different options on the menu and you’d choose what was best to help you launch, finance and grow your venture. It could be one dish or a combination.

A spicy crowdfunding dish? A salad of angel or superangel? A side order of government grants? A barbecue corporate VC?

In the case of Sam Cook, co-founder and CEO of SaaS startup SanityDesk, he chose several different types and sources to raise his $1.35M (and counting) pre-seed round. In Lesson 1 of this case study, we will explore the 12 most common forms of venture finance, and explain why and where and when they are most likely accessed.

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