Ans' blog

Hello there! It's finally winter break from school, so I have some time to spend on drawing and art stuff in general. Today's theme is my favorite way of drawing with reference, just because the drawing looks more proportional, and symmetrical when you are working with faces.    You might recognize this picture from one of my recent drawings, if you follow me on Instagram. I did it a bit different than the reference, but it doesn't really matter. Sooo, I like using 3×3 grid, I did this on my computer in "sketchbook", so it's a bit uneven, but when you do it on phone, it comes out much nicer, and it is easier to do! STEPS: Draw the gird with graphite pencil, measure that all columns and rows are the same length and width, for example: height: 4 cm, width: 3cm Erase the grid with kneadable eraser, so that it's only slightly visible. Sketch the reference photo following the grid reference. Colour in if you want. NOTES FOR BEGGINERS: If you find this method ha

Hello there! In this post I won't be talking much, I'll just drop some interesting references, that I think you might like, and use! Credits: Pinterest  

 Hello there! Welcome back to another post on this blog, glad to see you there! So this is unusual topic for my blog because as you know I usually do art related topics, but it's December, Christmas is "soon", and today is St. Nicholas' day (hope I wrote that right), so why don't we make something special today? I've got an easy recipe for you to make some delicious cookies (tried out by myself, and even though I am not really skilled at cooking and baking, they turned out perfectly) soooo let's go! Time needed to make: about 2 hours (but depends on how long you leave mixture in the fridge). Quantity: If made in walnut size 13-16 cookies. You will need: 240 g pastry flour half of teaspoon baking soda half of teaspoon baking powder pinch of salt 145 g butter 120 g sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract 230 g chocolate (I used dark chocolate, but you can use any one you prefer or like) Notes: Do not add less sugar even if you use sweeter chocolate, becaus

Hello there! Welcome back to another post on this blog! Today's theme is white paper or toned gray? Is white paper really that bad? ; Which one should you use? ; Which one is the best one? etc. So, at the moment I don't have the Strathmore Toned Gray sketchbook (I am planing to get one and join @h.art.j's #graycult. If you don't know she is amazing artist that posts her artwork on instagram, so you should check it out by clicking here  (link doesn't work for some reason, so just search up h.art.j on Instagram or copy paste this link to your search bar instagram.com/h.art.j/)) as I can not purchase one due to the Corona crisis, but I am using a very similar alternative that I bought at the local bookshop.  On the left will be the toned gray and on the right will be the classic white paper from standard sketchbook. Using prismacolor as an art medium. For white paper I am using Arto hardcover sketchbook, but sadly I could not find it on Amazon to link it.    Toned Gray

 Hello there! Welcome back  to another post on this blog, hope you will enjoy, and let's get started! So today's theme is how to blend prismacolors! If you find this topic interesting you might also check out my "How to blend graphite" post by clicking   here . Sooo there are a few techniques I wanted to mention today: 1. Layering and blending w/coloured pencils This is the most simple way of blending them, by layering a colour on top of the other one and just repeatedly doing it over and over again until you're happy with the result. 2. Using tortillions    I haven't seen anyone use tortillions for blending prismacolors, but this is my personal favorite way, as it blends them, but still gives you the ability to continue layering them afterwards. 3. Using Prismacolor colorless blender I haven't tried this one out myself, but a lot of people recommend it. I've heard that you can not layer nicely afterwards, so that's bad, but overall it looks pretty

Hello there, I am back.  And let me be honest with y'all, I have missed blogging A LOT. And from now on I will be posting on Sundays + in my free time. Soo every Sunday 2pm CET you can expect an art related post from me, enough chit-chatting let's go! Prismacolors have gotten worse throughout the time? I have watched some YouTube videos about this, and the fact that they changed over time. Soo I would say they have changed, but they haven't gotten worse if I am being honest. The formula got softer all at once so that was a huge upgrade, but else than that not really much (just design of the pencil). And they haven't gotten WORSE they've gotten BETTER, if you ask me, but yet that's just my opinion. The breaking leads? So I've heard a lot of people saying that their prismacolors' leads break A LOT. And let me tell you, I own a 72 pack for a year already, and I NEVER, NEVER EVER had a prismacolor lead break. So I was wondering : "Wait how the hell do t