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! 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, 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, and welcome back again! Today's theme is how to draw fur realistically, with colored pencils and/or graphite pencils. First thing is first, I hope you are all doing well during this "Corona situation" going on. Second of all, let's begin.          credit : Sarah Kelly/Google mediums:   I would personally say to use more than one medium, it is not strict rule of course but sometimes it is easier in process. Lets say that you are drawing the lion from above, you could make a base with graphite and/or charcoal and do the details with black colored pencil + graphite.  details:  You can do gray-ish base and then do the details in darker color, and with the eraser. How do I mean eraser? Most of the times there are small erasers on the top of the pencil so you can do that when drawing lighter hairs, or you can use kneadable eraser and shape it into a thin "stick". smudging: If you don't want graphite to smudge while you are working you ...

Hello there! Welcome back, and also sorry if you thought I was dead or something, because I wasn't active in ummmmm...... I don't know how much, let's say in a "long time". Soooooooo, let's begin! You probably clicked on this post because you wanted to learn how to blend an shade with graphite, right? Probably yes (or you are just bored). Never mind, it doesn't matter. First thing is, that for the easiest option of blending, you just need your drawing and your finger. Basically you draw few lines very lightly and then smudge them on the place you want your shadows to go. If it is too light then do another layer and repeat.            Second option is to use eye shadow applicators which are pretty cheap and can be found in almost every store. You can do the same as with the finger, or apply some loose graphite on it and the smudge it where you want the shades to be.   - Third method is using a tissue or a q-tip to blend. Basically all the technique...