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