#1 Daughter gave me a drawing book for Christmas, along with a set of markers. I have featured some of my drawings, inspired by that book, in three previous posts (2/2, 3/14 and 4/7). But lately I have taken it up a notch due to a secret project (you will see it eventually) and an idea I had earlier this year.
And I am delirious with the joy of the process and the outcomes.
As you might predict, I am learning as I go along, and I think my lessons learned are delivering improved quality drawings. Here are "Angie's
A-Ha Moments":
ONE: Draw in pencil first. It will erase, unlike marker and colored pencils!
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| Phrase for March |
THREE: If I complete the drawing in stages - pencil, marker, erase; pencil, marker, erase - I can draw over the marker with pencil but only where I want, thereby creating the illusion of objects being behind or on top of each other. So excited about this discovery!
FOUR: A ruler is my friend. Especially if straight words are important! I found my lettering tends to slant upward as I move right to left - pencil lines to guide my lettering helps tremendously, and the lines can be erased! No one needs to know! (But now I guess you do ....)
FIVE: Inspiration can come from anywhere, such as this bookmark that I picked up at the library check-out counter.
SIX: When looking for fonts for a particular theme, Pinterest is my go-to source!
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SEVEN: It's good to let a drawing percolate overnight, or even a day or two. Sometimes I like it more when I haven't been staring at it, and sometimes it helps me discern what needs to be improved.
EIGHT: I may need a wider variety of colored pencils.
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| April theme: my drawing book inspired me to try this style with the positive and negative spaces |
And that's when I knew I had the fever. Whether you are a painter, quilter, knitter, eco-dyer, choose your passion - you know you're hooked when you need MORE SUPPLIES!
Welcome to Mosaic Monday, a weekly meme
where we get together to share our photo mosaics and collages.
Please include at least one photo mosaic/collage in your post.
The link will be open from 1 p.m. Sunday until 11 p.m. Monday (U.S. Mountain time).
Remember to add the link to your Mosaic Monday post and not the one to your blog.
Please link back to this post so that your readers will be able to visit and enjoy more wonderful mosaics; taking the MM blog button from my sidebar is an easy way to link back.
As host I will visit every participant and leave a comment so that you know I stopped by.
Please try and visit as many other blogs as you can, especially those that join in later, so that everyone's creativity can be appreciated fully.
Thank you for joining in today and sharing your mosaics with us.
Please include at least one photo mosaic/collage in your post.
The link will be open from 1 p.m. Sunday until 11 p.m. Monday (U.S. Mountain time).
Remember to add the link to your Mosaic Monday post and not the one to your blog.
Please link back to this post so that your readers will be able to visit and enjoy more wonderful mosaics; taking the MM blog button from my sidebar is an easy way to link back.
As host I will visit every participant and leave a comment so that you know I stopped by.
Please try and visit as many other blogs as you can, especially those that join in later, so that everyone's creativity can be appreciated fully.
Thank you for joining in today and sharing your mosaics with us.
