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Tips On What Steps To Follow To Improve Your Drawing

R. Schmidt — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:35:01 -0800

To make progress with any of your drawings, you'll need to know and evaluate this drawing first. It can be unbelievably challenging to be impartial about your own drawing as it is often difficult to see the faults in a drawing you have been looking at for hours. If you had seen the faults earlier, you would have corrected them!

It is, as a result, not prudent to try to estimate a drawing too soon after you have completed it or while it is facing you. Rise, have a walk, enjoy a cup of coffee and then go back and look at it and try if you can locate something new. Try putting your drawing away for a couple of weeks or even months and then come back and give it a glance.

Think about why you draw. What is the definition of a good drawing for you? Must it be rational to be good? Or could a drawing that assisted you to get rid of some angst also be a 'decent' drawing?

If you deem as though a drawing just is not creating visual impact then check the policies of composition (for example) and find if you have missed out anything that could turn it to a drawing deemed successful.

You can also increase knowledge in appraising your own drawings by asking knowledgeable people whom you trust to be honest to evaluate your drawings. See how their remarks match with your thoughts and ask about areas in your drawings that you are uncertain about and then take their guidance.

There are some things you should specifically look at to find opportunities for improving an existing drawing.

You can make sure that the areas of your page not covered in drawing are sparkling and free of smudge. You can get rid of any stains with a putty rubber ( also referred as kneadable eraser).

If the work of art can be made better by cutting a little ( only a little) on one side then make an effort to do that.

If your sketch is very dark and is not showing a different variety of tones then try making out some highlights by means of your putty eraser.

If your drawing is very light then add some further shading.

In an ideal situation, you will notice that your drawing is next to perfect and does not need any improvisation at all.

Then again, if you have a massive list of things at the end you would need to make changes for your drawing improvement … then, please: Give it a new start... Honestly, that is probably the most advisable approach you could do as your first sketch will then be considered as a preparatory run and your II (or III or IV) picture is almost guaranteed to be much better.

Follow these instructions and the collection of your works will not only increase vastly in quantity but also in quality. And also do not forget to keep your works stored in a place that is dry, dark and without much dust. This makes sure you can enjoy your works for a long time.

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Modeling the Junkers F13 in Wings 3D

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Overcoming Frustration When Learning To Draw

R. Schmidt — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:30:28 -0800

You may be disturbed and demoralized because you have just started to learn how to draw and you are discovering it to be tougher than you believed it was.

Or you may be attempting a new theme or a new method or a new drawing medium and your labour are not meeting your hopes. You might also sense that your drawing is out of date and you are not moving ahead.

The first piece of advice I would give you is to not be so firm on you! Even specialists get depressed occasionally! Each competence you gather, like drawing or knitting or riding a bicycle, uses different muscle movements and thought processes. It needs time and preparation for your brain and your muscles to understand you!

If you are in this state it makes sense to go through old drawings, or sections of drawings, that you have experienced to be successful and put these pictures in a place where you can see them. Do not attempt to draw something too hard right away; aim to find something somewhat simple and attractive and draw that.

Additionally, use a drawing medium that you are well-known with and as you get comfortable with the objects you are drawing and the medium you are employing you can begin to give yourself, more tough topics to draw. You can also ask a friend whom you believe will give you positive advice,to look at your drawings and give you some ideas of how to improve.

Coping with unpleasant feedback on your drawings

Firstly, attempt not to take it personally. Even though the person giving you comment says something like, "You are bad at drawing," you should translate for yourself as, "Your drawing expertise require more sharpness." Briefly, any pessimistic feedback is not specifically meant for you, it is about a proficiency that you are learning and getting mastered. To learn, it takes time and hard work and sometimes a bit of unconstructive criticism is part of the learning process.

It is extremely hard to be objective about your own drawings and it is even more difficult to see the faults in a drawing that you have been staring at for hours. In these cases it is very helpful to get some 'negative' criticism. You can choose to use it as a learning experience.

Whilst somebody criticisises unconstructively about your drawing skills ask them (as courteously as you can) to be specific about what areas of aspects of the drawing they are not happy with and what they propose you do to get better. You should also keep in mind to query them what they feel is the plus points about the drawing. Any positive feedback should be considered personally!

Stick to these advices while you gain knowledge of how to draw and you will never be caught up for a long time.

Soon you will see this will make the difference for your drawing success! Always keep these advises in mind and you'll never again stop on the road to success!

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How To Choose The Best Books For Learning Drawing

R. Schmidt — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:50:59 -0700

If you want to learn how to draw, you will discover soon, you want some support. Skilled assistance (in one way or other). When browsing around in the internet or hunting the local library you will observe.

There are various approaches to get on track in becoming skilled at drawing. You will discover books, DVDs, workshops and drawing coaching or even private coaching by local artist’s available.

I ordered these options by increasing price. The more pricey choices have a tendency to be better. But what is most important is quality!

So it's a good idea to start with one or two good books. It is only a little investment or even a free way to learn drawing, if you get hold of some excellent books in your neighborhood library.

This gives you the chance to do your first steps and make progress to more wide-ranging (and high-priced) later, if you find it worthy and meeting your budget.

But what should a good learn how to draw book for beginners teach?

The first steps when learning to draw

Most of us have never been trained to study properly what we are attempting to draw. Even though you may have a tea set in front of you, you will possibly draw the standard tea set that you have stored in your memory rather than observing the actual tea set you can see as this is initially far easier. So many exercises you will find in beginners how to draw books are just ways of negating your memory so that you can start to examine intricately the object set facing you.

Also you will be teached to be able to observe outlines, tones, proportions and negative spaces.

Exercises for observing outlines often consist of tracing objects with your pencil in the air in front of you or on paper over and over again. By working on such exercises soon you will be able to transmit even complex shapes and outlines easily and accurately onto paper.

You will be preparing yourself to see tones by demanding to draw objects without the means of outlines at all. So you will also get to learn how to organize the tones you are drawing as well. You can employ it to shade areas of light and dark without producing dark outlines.

Then there should be lessons to learn how to observe and replicate proportions and comparative position. An effortless way is to utilize your pencil or a ruler held at arm’s length to contrast the comparative sizes of items and noting these comparative sizes on your page, but this will not been much beneficial to your improvement so good exercises in this area are necessary.

These are the most important topics in a good book you want to utilize to study how to draw. Consider this, go out, and check what options are available. Decide after getting full information. Study well to draw. And most essential: enjoyment! When you keep this in mind, you'll soon see great progress.

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BUDGET FOR YOUR GARDEN

Thomas Murrell — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:50:58 -0700

BUDGET FOR YOUR GARDEN

By Thomas Murrell, MBA, APS

(876 Words)

Have you ever thought about how much it costs to maintain your garden? Most people never give it much thought - spending the odd day in the garden when they have time and impulse buying plants at the local nursery.

But if you're serious about saving money and adding value to one of you're most important assets it's worth thinking about the ongoing costs associated with garden maintenance and how this can be minimized. It's also worth spending time and money on your garden so your asset appreciates rather than depreciates.

For the average size garden you should budget on one full day of maintenance every two months. That's a total of 6 full days a year. Now if you like gardening, that's not a problem and it's probably something you enjoy and get a lot of satisfaction from.

But with today's busy lifestyles, many of us are time poor and might have other priorities than spending time in the garden. So if you can't make the regular commitment of a day every two months you need to allow for this in your budget.

Costs vary, but on average you would pay $20 an hour for a qualified gardener or horticulturist, so this will cost you $160 every two months or $960 a year. Now this is just for general maintenance and doesn't include more regular jobs such as mowing or pruning. It also doesn't include costs such as fertilizing or adding to or improving your garden.

Some of the larger companies have recognized this opportunity and are now providing

professional garden maintenance services.

Darrell Canns, General Manager for Yates Garden Care says the market is huge and the garden maintenance business is 10 years behind the franchised lawn mowing industry.

Yates are now entering the market with a full range of professional services including basic lawn mowing, weeding, pruning and fertilizing, small landscaping jobs and tree surgery work.

They are developing a professional horticultural franchise to help put people in the industry. To make money a franchise owner will need to meet professional standards set by Yates, undergo training by the company and use the Yates brand name.

The service has already been successfully established in the eastern states and is being launched in Western Australia soon. Each franchisee will have about 30 or 40 regular customers.

The cost to garden owners is varied and depends on the size of the garden and the time of year. Darrell Canns says this may vary from $50 or $60 a month to $300 a week.

He believes the difference with other operators is that their people are qualified and the work is guaranteed. He also says they will quote on the total job rather than offer an hourly rate. An example of a fixed price for a specialized service is $400 to redig a garden bed, weed it, fertilize, replant and mulch.

There's an increasing pride in gardens and for people who don't have a lot of time this is a service that's appealing because you know what you get and you know how much it will cost.

Mr Canns believes consumers trust the Yates brand and the company has the ongoing expertise in gardening and horticulture.

The company is also working on a garden valuation service, where Yates will give a written valuation of the replacement cost of the garden and an ongoing maintenance cost. Canns says this will be used by real estate agents to compare properties and provide a tangible and independent figure on what a garden is worth.

So in terms of advice what should one do? Here are eight tips:

1. Budget to maintain your garden. Most people underestimate the value of their garden and many people make costly mistakes by neglecting their garden. Plants and trees may die through lack of water, putting in bad stock, not planting properly, and incorrect fertilizing or pruning. Compared to the value of the plants, the maintenance cost is small.

2. Think about the big picture of your garden. What do you want your garden to look like and what sort of theme.

3. Keep your garden simple. Often simple themes work best and feel more spacious. Set one theme and stick to it. Differentiate between decorative elements. Do they relate to the theme of the garden?

4. Avoid too much maintenance. Low maintenance gardens will cost less over the long term. Think about how much time and money you want to put into your garden in terms of maintenance.

5. Understand what you want. For example a garden for a holiday house would be totally different for your normal home.

6. Plan your garden. Work out what works best for different areas. For example shade versus sun and the purpose for which the garden will be used.

7. Avoid big trees in small spaces. Many people put in totally inappropriate trees and plants in areas that are just too small and at a later date it is very expensive to remove those trees.

8. Avoid buying plants on impulse. Roses are often the worst for this. They look great in the nursery in full bloom but can be a disaster. Plan before you buy.

ENDS

* Thomas Murrell, MBA, APS is an award winning broadcaster, professional speaker and media consultant.

His company, 8M Media & Communications provides solutions to media and communication issues for Top 500 companies, Government agencies and leading Universities.

He provides media training, media advice and keynote presentations on issues relating to marketing and media.

Convert your high-quality digital photos

myself — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:30:36 -0700

Convert your high-quality digital photos into low-res Polaroids

October 14th, 2009

Photographs. What started out way back when as pictures on tin or glass plates had progressed through the years to the point where there's actually noting behind the lens now—no plates, no film, just an electronic image sensor. Makes for great pictures, but it does lose a bit of the mystique of photography in the process.

Digital cameras aren't the first "take a photo and look at it right now" solution. Back in the day Edwin Land created the Polaroid camera, supposedly to mollify an impatient child who didn't want to wait for the film to come back from the drug store to see the photos that had been taken. The film stock and the necessary chemicals were packaged together so that taking a snapshot and developing it were really just each a part of part of the same process. Polaroid pictures were characterized, among other things, by the ever-present white border around the margins of the photo. You can recapture that look with a tool named Rollip.

With your digital photo, you can choose how to crop the image, imperfections to add (maybe a nice coffee mug stain?), and text to write in the margin. Click the button, and your image is uploaded, processed, and you're given a link to click to download your masterpiece.

Rollip is a free service. You'll need a web browser (and Internet access) to use it.

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Palm Desert Artist Creates Unusual Assemblages

Lauretta Lowell — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:03:55 -0700

Palm Desert, CA – Artist, Lauretta Lowell, has utilized her whimsical outlook of life to discover an unusual assemblage style in creating her newest series of whimsical dolls. The style, which she said she discovered less than a year ago, is based on the process of lovingly bringing her memorable assemblage sculptures to life with a mixture of humor, antiques, vintage toys, hardware and costume jewelry. She calls her creations Whimsical Curiosities.

The sculptures take on a personality and story of their own reflected in her titles like: Wish I Had a Pony, Mr. Wolf Gets in Touch with His Inner Rabbit, Is it Too Late to Run Away and Join the Circus, Stepford Monkey, A Caged Bird Still Sings, and Call in a Wish. These unique, whimsical sculptures, as well as her unusual jewelry, are being shown and sold at Heusso Gallery in Palm Springs, CA, as well as Art & Soul Gallery in Bothell, WA and Gallery 873 in Ivins, Utah.

Lowell said this assemblage technique was discovered out of frustration with traditional media and the constant seriousness of most conventional art. “Art is an explosive expression of humanity; the serious and the silly. It's something everyone is touched by and no matter what culture or background people are from, everyone appreciates the soul and message of art," she stated.

In other news, Lauretta will be selling her art at the upcoming Gilda's Club Annual Luncheon, Boutique and Fashion Show, November 20, in the Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa, Rancho Mirage, CA. and La Quinta’s Art Under the Umbrellas, November 28. Her work has been shown and sold in Hawaii - Utah - Santa Barbara, Westlake, San Luis Obispo, and San Francisco, CA.

For more information see her website at www.whimsicalcuriosities.com.

ArtBistro

Tips On What Steps To Follow To Improve Your Drawing

Modeling the Junkers F13 in Wings 3D

Overcoming Frustration When Learning To Draw

How To Choose The Best Books For Learning Drawing

How to do Scratchbord Art

BUDGET FOR YOUR GARDEN

BUDGET FOR YOUR GARDEN

Convert your high-quality digital photos

Convert your high-quality digital photos into low-res Polaroids

The Spanish Sketchbook

How to Do Ukrainian Egg Painting©

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"How to Expand Your Arts and Crafts Sales from Locally to Globally or How to Sell on the Internet." ©

How to Paint Without Knowing How to Draw a Staight Line

How to Make a Bird House Out of Old Wine Corks

Painting a Siberian Tiger

How to Paint a White Tiger

How to Choose the Correct Watercolor Paper

Every Painting has a Story

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How To Create Fused Stained Glass Jewelry

Palm Desert Artist Creates Unusual Assemblages